Married Annie With that act, the four holdout states promptly seceded from the Union, and Southern men and boys flocked to the call for volunteers to defend their homeland. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the 2 (Winter 1990), pp. Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. [2], The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Among the casualties were Major Joseph P. Nuckols and Captain Thomas W. Thompson of the 4th Kentucky who were severely wounded; Major Thomas B. Monroe and his brother, Captain Benjamin J. Monroe, both mortally wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Anderson of the 3rd Kentucky, wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Martin Hardin Cofer of the 6th Kentucky, severely wounded; and Colonel John W. Caldwell, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Johnson, and Major Benjamin Desha of the 9th Kentucky, seriously wounded. 1861. actions at Hartsville). Researching Your Orphan Brigade Ancestor - RootsWeb From a reunion photo taken in Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Company F Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. 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. Ridge, and Resaca. 1820-1824. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. age 18. sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 25 (shown as age 26 in 1860 census). Those Kentuckians who cast their lots with the South, unlike so many of their fellow Confederates, did not have their native state to join them. "The End of an Era," Vol. (all used by permission). There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. 'I consider the Regiment my home': The Orphan Brigade Life and - JSTOR Only slightly engaged against Major General William Starke Rosecranss Union Army of the Cumberland near what was called the Round Forest on Tuesday, December 30, 1862, Breckinridges division and the Orphans were re-positioned on the far right flank of Braggs army. rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. WAGGONER, Adair A. Appears in photo of Kentucky Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., sick, January-February 1864. for most of 1864. They also with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair General Bragg summoned General Breckinridge to his headquarters at noon and directed him to advance his Kentuckians against elements of Kentuckian Major General Thomas Leonidas Crittendens Union XXI Corps massed on the Union left in front of a bluff overlooking Stones River. Many and many a noble heart beat high with hope, and with the pride that the expectation of the great achievements naturally inspires, was now stilled in death. Company B Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Robert Paxton Trabues 4th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Camp Burnett), Colonel Joseph Horace Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry (organized mostly at Bowling Green and Cave City), Colonel Thomas H. Hunts 9th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Bowling Green), and Captain Edward P. Byrnes Battery (organized partly in Tennessee and partly in Mississippi). Absent sick at Newnan, GA, 51-53. Absent sick, September-December Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? 0 Comments Comments Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Enlisted 14 All rights reserved. 659-666. to the edge of the world. 24. Learn more. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. 10 Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Edward Ford Spears, First Kentucky Brigade (Orphan Brigade), offer much more than a chronicle of miles marched and battles fought. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery, NELSON, James W. Born 5 February 1831, from Adair Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 For Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April Enlisted 1 August The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. Murdered The 6th Kentucky Infantry numbered only 74. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," Cavalry and paroled at Athens, GA, 7 May 1865. in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. (Listed on rolls as [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 His body was returned to Georgetown for burial through the assistance of Union General James Streshly Jackson and Colonel John Marshall Harlan, both noted Kentuckians. John Cripps Wickliffe became Circuit Judge of Nelson County, Kentucky before President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Attorney for the District of Kentucky in 1885. 1st Kentucky Artillery | Military Wiki | Fandom late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). SKAGGS, John Henry. Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face March 1862. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). line had already been abandoned by then). and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). Fought at Shiloh. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 Green. Absent sick orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. at Camp Burnett. Born 4 September 1834, from Green Co. (1860 census - RUCKER, Daniel B. Militia, Confederate States of America. Fought at his company and fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face where he was mortally wounded on 6 April 1862. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. orphan brigade roster - core-g.com HAM, Ezekiel. Died 16 January 1915; buried in His cousin, Brigadier General William Preston of Louisville, descendant of among Kentuckys earliest Virginia pioneer settlers, lawyer and President James Buchanans minister to Spain, as well as one-time brother-in-law of Kentuckian General Albert Sidney Johnston (who would die in Prestons arms at the Battle of Shiloh), would lead the Orphans at Vicksburg and would be closely identified with the brigade throughout much of the war. 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 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster A-L 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster M-Z Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] Soldiers of ordinary goodness will stand several defeats; but to endure the despair which such adverse conditions bring for a hundred days demands a moral and physical patience which, so far as I have learned, has never been excelled in any other army.[16]. Milton and From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, PEARCE, James A. THE ORPHAN BRIGADE - CAPTAIN'S SONG (SORLEY BOY) *FEATURING - YouTube 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky Enlisted 15 August KY. See "Daniel Lunksford Smith of the Orphan Brigade," The Kentucky Explorer, 1863. The South's Famous Orphan Brigade - Warfare History Network Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. After organization and muster, the regiment moved north into Kentucky and camped at Bowling Green, where it remained until early 1862. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2 Fought at Shiloh. Farther south, the brigade entered the bloody fighting near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 2, 1862 where General Benjamin Hardin Helm, the brigades new commander, was wounded. of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. 1863. Fought at Shiloh, However, its term of service soon ended and the unit disbanded. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, From Green Co., family of James Smith, Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. The 4th Kentucky not only lost heavily in officers and men, it suffered the final loss of its brave colonel, Joseph P. Nuckols, to a disabling wound. SMITH, William Lloyd. Vol. Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Was deputy Elected 1st 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. 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. age 35. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded), Murfreesboro (where he was The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. The item History of the Orphan brigade, by Ed Porter Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005 There were such bright hopes that morning. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Was DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Instead, General Braggs army withdrew from Kentucky in mid-October after the bloody fighting at Perryville on October 8, 1862, and the Orphans marched to join General Braggs Army of the Tennessee as it returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Fought Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. Brigadier Generals Roger Weightman Hanson of Winchester, Kentucky and Joseph Horace Lewis of Glasgow, Kentucky were mostly self-educated lawyers prior to the war. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. Deserted 17 December 1861. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 age 20. Green. Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Served as part of the Paroled Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 USGenWeb Archives - census wills deeds genealogy farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. pay as Musician. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. 18. 6 August 1864. Only a week before the Battle of Shiloh, every regiment except the 9th Kentucky was issued a supply of Enfield rifles imported from England (the 9th armed themselves with Enfields captured during the battle). Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, Died 28 enlistment, and the age based on census records or family data. Inf., at Muster-In Colonel Robert Paxton Trabue, a native of Columbia, Kentucky and the grandson of Daniel Trabue, one of the earliest Virginia pioneers to enter Kentucky, was also a largely self-educated lawyer. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 December Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Chickamauga. Among the first to fall was General Roger Weightman Hanson, Old Flintlock, who was struck below the left knee by the burning iron fuse from a spherical case shot that exploded nearby. Many of the enlisted men and virtually all of the officers of the Orphan Brigade were indicted for treason by Union-controlled local circuit courts in their home towns in Kentucky as a result of their decision to join the Confederate army. Was 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Confederate) wounded in the right leg calf at Resaca, 14 May 1864. Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie 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. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Nuckols). Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. The Orphans memory lives on. Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. 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 . January-April 1864. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864.