Roster of Cobb's Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. Enlisted 18
Such indictments in areas like Breathitt County in the eastern Kentucky Mountains precipitated some of the feuds among families which lasted for generations. Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. 1863, and to 3rd Sergeant, 1 October 1864. physician, son of John Scott). generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other
Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree
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Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. "The End of an Era," Vol. Joseph E. Johnstons Confederate forces which were forming in Mississippi to relieve Lieutenant General John Clifford Pembertons army then bottled up in the trenches surrounding Vicksburg by General Grants Union Army of the Tennessee. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. health kept him generally incapacitated for duty in the ranks. 1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY
During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. The First American President: Setting the Precedent, African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Phase Three of Gaines Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign, An Unparalleled Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg Battlefield, For Sale: Three Battlefield Tracts Spanning Three Wars, Preserve 128 Sacred Acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. Paroled at Augusta,
7."). Before then, they always return false. The Orphans had beaten the enemy on April 6, but luck eluded them. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. he was wounded on 22 July 1864, and his right arm was amputated. or-brigade.txt or-brigade.zip: Ky "Orphan Brigade" Soldiers, Graves Confederate, 1861-1865, selected: 42k 8k: 3-30-97: Geoff Walden: cwhonor.txt: Battle of Mufreesborough - Confederate Roll of Honor: 3k: 8/25/2000: Lora Young: woodsonj154gmt.txt: Letter Home From Richard Kidder Woodson, Jr. After Being Wounded At the Battle of Murfreesboro . severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part,
Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. It gave birth to the old saying in Kentucky that the State never seceded until the war was over. Simon Bolivar Buckner became Governor in 1887. Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age
The war had moved into Kentucky with Generals Braxton Braggs and Edmund Kirby Smiths invasion of the Orphans native state in the summer and fall of 1862. Fought at Shiloh. No further
There were falling timbers, crashing arms, the whirring of missiles of every description, the bursting of the dreadful shell, the groans of the wounded, the shouts of the officers, mingled in one horrid din that beggars description.[12]. complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes. Some men had no arms at all. Shauff. Company A
Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Brewer, farmer). Company C
Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. in 1905. 1861 at Camp Boone. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion
Thompson, Edward Porter. courtesy Jeff McQueary. Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr.,
All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights
THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. It fought in several engagements throughout the Western Theater, including the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Siege of Jackson, Sulphur Trestle, Resaca, Murfreesboro, Jonesborough, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge . The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. executed after the war for this crime). Enlisted 15
Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. (possibly at Oxford, MS). Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. All rights reserved. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Had served a year in Wheats
BOSTON, Jesse. 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the
courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave
Absent wounded at Montgomery, AL, May-August 1864, and at
1854. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. medal for
rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage)
Fought at Chickamauga, where he was
7 (January 1996), pp. Geoff Walden, "Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer
at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . The beastly winters fight at Fort Donelson, the capitulation of that bastion on the Cumberland River on February 16, 1862 where Colonel Roger W. Hanson and his 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky battery surrendered with General Buckner, and the heart-rending retreat out of Kentucky, through Nashville, Tennessee to Corinth, Mississippi of the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Byrnes and Cobbs batteries were bitter memories to those Orphans. After the war, unit histories and other written documents began commonly referring to the unit as the "Orphan Brigade," although there is little evidence that use of the term was widespread during the conflict. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in
Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. NELSON, James W. Born 5 February 1831, from Adair Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861
General Breckinridge, seeing the bloody repulse of his noble Kentuckians, was heard to exclaim: My poor Orphans! Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg,
wounded 6 April 1862. Was awarded a
Enlisted 13 February 1863 at Manchester, TN. (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of
to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as
Died of disease at Magnolia, MS, 15 February 1863. David, farmer. him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in
18 (1910), p. 169
feet 1 inch tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. The Kentuckians fell by the scores. Returned to duty, 13 February 1865,
Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age
further record. September 1863, and lost his left hand.
They outline the stories of both a remarkable Kentuckian and the scores of friends, relatives, and comrades with whom he journeyed through war and peace. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. CSA Units: 39: 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade : 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - Rosters 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - History 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Company E, CSA - Reenactors in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Fought at Shiloh. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. Enlisted 18
men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have
Initially, the Orphans were helmed by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge, who was wildly popular among the men, even after he was promoted and transferred. Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs,
From Green Co., family of James Smith,
Fought at
Was prevented by ill health from taking
Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at
Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. We use specialized equipment unique to Southern Utah and our company. Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. BARNETT, James. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and
leading Baptist ministers in the area. Paroled
PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. Died in Federal captivity. Never had so many men fallen in so short a period of time. So great was the enemy gunfire that in the 4th Kentucky infantry alone, 7 commissioned officers were killed and 6, including Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Nuckols, were wounded. but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see
May 1862. age 12, as company drummer. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
September 1866. 1912
In the cold November 25, 1863 the Orphans were forced to abandon Missionary Ridge in the face of tenacious assaults by the Union Army of the Cumberland under its new commander, General Ulysses S. Grant. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William
where he was mortally wounded on 6 April 1862. There were such bright hopes that morning. eyes. 26 November 1863. BARLOW, Thomas B. Enlisted 1
- the Pine Mt. White Gaddie. From Green Co., 23-year-old farmer in 1860 census. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Was deputy
Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. Born 4 September 1834, from Green Co. (1860 census -
GAFFORD, John B. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly
Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS,
GA, 7 May 1865. Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. His widow married William A. Smith. Charge bayonets. 5, No. Union recruiting was begun in the state after the legislative elections in August, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, and a pro-Union Home Guard was raised and financed by the state legislature. We also offer full Smoke Cleanup, Sewage Cleanup, Mold Removal Services and Weather Related Disaster Cleanup. SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. almost within their grasp, had been snatched from them [on April 7], and their dead comrades were now mourned as those who shed their blood in vain.[7]. a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. By 1882, they began holding annual reunions, the first being held at the Blue Lick Springs Hotel in Robertson County that year. April 1862. Enlisted 18
February 1862. Rouge. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. without the permission of the owners. For
from a reunion photo taken in 1905
Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary
Kentucky. . Upon hearing the signing of My Old Kentucky Home by a childrens choir and remembering those who had fallen along those fields, including his dear friend, Captain William Peter Bramblett of Paris, Kentucky (whose last, parting glance before receiving a mortal wound, Young could not erase from his memory), tightly hugged a nearby tree and wept out loud, unashamed of his display of emotion.[14]. Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll
Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. Hughes, pp. Nuckols). This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. In the bitter cold days before and after the New Year, 1863, outside of Murfreesboro, the Orphans were called upon to sacrifice again in fighting along Stones River. Smith). Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16
What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. From Greensburg. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at
The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above
Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! Army. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp
Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor after Murfreesboro, for carrying the
Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp
Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. The stalemate over the occupation by a United States garrison in Charleston Harbor (commanded by a Kentuckian, Major Robert Houston Anderson) erupted in the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Olivet
Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. Later joined 3rd Kentucky
Absent sick in Nashville,
Married Mary C.
Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. Admitting his wound was serious, Hanson remarked to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk as he was being carried to the rear that it was glorious to die for ones country. He would die in agony on January 4 under the care of General Breckinridges wife who was an acting nurse, and would later be buried in the Lexington, Kentucky cemetery. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Hall, George Johnston, T.L. Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. Beverly. (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. Inf., is James Bell, Co. D, 6th Ky. Inf. military record. 51-53. The American Battlefield Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. Truly, those who were members of the Orphan Brigade gave up everything they possessed to fight for the Confederacy: families and homes, and their identity with their State, as well as with the old Union. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." The unit fought in most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta Campaign. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill
Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. Fought at Shiloh,
Fought at
Discharge certificate describes
[3], Captain Fayette Hewitt, Helm's assistant Adjutant-General, had all the Brigade's papers (over twenty volumes of record books, morning reports, letter-copy books as well as thousands of individual orders and reports) boxed up and taken to Washington. He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. from a reunion photo taken in 1905
Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was surrendered (along with the old 3rd Kentucky Infantry) by General Pemberton and the western frontier of the Confederacy finally vanished. Ultimately, Kentucky provided nearly 80,000 of its sons to the Union war effort, three times the number who served in the Confederate armies. A. J. Baton Rouge. CHAMPION, Matthew. Absent sick in
During those terrible months the Confederacys northern frontier in the West steadily gave way in the face of a Union juggernaut elements of which (the Army of the Ohio) entered Nashville in February and another element (the Army of the Tennessee) ascended the Tennessee River nearly all the way to the northern border of Alabama by April. Lost at Chattanooga were favored guns of Captain Cobbs Kentucky Battery, 2 of them adoringly nicknamed by the Orphans for the wives of their favored commanders: Lady Breckinridge and Lady Buckner..