48-49; Part 4: August 1861 at Camp Boone. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, County or Nelson County, KY. WHITE, John B. Nuckols). Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. (April 1991), pp. WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. No History of the First Kentucky Brigade. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA, The Orphans memory lives on. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Volunteers, War Settled in Oldham Co. as a farmer. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. 1863. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. 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. Enlisted Camp Burnett, age 19. The hard-charging soldiers in Old Joe Lewiss 6th and 4th Kentucky infantry regiments along with the 41st Alabama infantry, the right wing of the brigade, drove General Thomass Union troops (including the 15th Kentucky infantry) nearly one-half mile to the Lafayette Road, capturing a section of Bridges Illinois Light Artillery, but the left wing, the 2nd and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments along with three companies of Alabamians, personally led by General Helm, became bogged down in a nightmarish slugfest at the enemy breastworks. Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridges Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grants five Union divisions. Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. further military record. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Enlisted 13 August 1861 (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan Kentucky. 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. The Orphans never stepped foot on their native soil. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. The Paper Trail of the Civil War in Kentucky 1861-1865 3 Civil War Casualties The North put 2.2 million men in uniform - half of its entire draft-age population; the South mustered 800,000 Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted BARNETT, James. courtesy Jeff McQueary). (date and place not stated). Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. Enlisted 15 August Cavalry and paroled at Athens, GA, 7 May 1865. The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. October 1868. Ky. 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. By the end of the second day the Orphan Brigade had been decimated. still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. History of the Orphan brigade : Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Confederate States of America. Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November Also fought at Jackson and in the mounted campaign. The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. at Jackson, MS. Buried in the Confederate Section Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Killed in action at Jonesboro, General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . Documents. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. There were such bright hopes that morning. September 1866. Burnett, age 21. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, Enlisted 12 September BOSTON, George. the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at BARLOW, Thomas B. Fought at Shiloh, MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. BOSTON, Jesse. GA, 29 May 1865. Enlisted 28 September 1861 in Nashville. Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. Point Lookout, February 1865. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. 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. Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. McDONALD, Ward. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. executed after the war for this crime). 1854. Moore. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 December Burnett, age 23. Hodge, George B. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. Company No further courtesy Jeff McQueary. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. on roll dated 2 December 1862. Burnett, age 23. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., From Greensburg; brother of John B. Moore and William B. Moore actions at Hartsville). September 1864). 2 (Winter 1990), pp. 1861-1865, Vol. Absent sick at Newnan, GA, medal for National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). Fought at Shiloh, where he was Confederate pension file number 2420. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Men had to leave the state to enlist, and this coupled with Kentucky's position behind Union lines for the bulk of the war meant that soldiers had difficulty returning home on furlough and made it nearly impossible for new recruits to fill the depleted ranks. Took part in the campaign as mounted Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Paroled at Washington, Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). Married Martha Anna Jeter. No Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 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. The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. 24. Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. Alex Thompson and his wife Volunteer Infantry, CSA. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 courtesy Jeff McQueary. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Returned to duty, 13 February 1865, From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly courtesy Jeff McQueary. Enlisted either 12 but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. The 2nd Kentucky Infantry went into the fighting at Chickamauga with 282 men and lost 146, including its colonel, James W. Hewitt, who was killed at the head of his regiment along with 3 of his company commanders; the 9th Kentucky Infantry lost 102 men out of 230 taken into battle, including Colonel John W. Caldwell who was desperately wounded. Absent sick, February 1862. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Took the Oath of Allegiance. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 Served in the mounted campaign. A November 1862 circular prophesied: However this war may terminate, if a man can truthfully claim to have been a worthy member of the Kentucky Brigade he will have a kind of title of nobility.[1]. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Green, age 19 or 20. at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and 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. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/civilwar2.html, http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/mississippi/artillery/graves_co_lite_arty.html, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett; Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. census. news . (?). Ridge, and Resaca. The brigade was composed of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs, Byrnes and Gravess batteries of artillery, and, at times, the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and the 5th Kentucky Infantry. Appears in photo of Kentucky Enlisted 1 August [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. 28. This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. Jackson. Oldham Co., where he taught school, and later worked in the Louisville Public Works Dept. Only three years before those regiments numbered almost 600 officers and men each! Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. Boone. (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was Was prevented by ill health from taking Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13 I have given the order to attack the enemy in your front and I expect it to be obeyed. The officers of the brigade, including Colonel Trabue and General Hanson, denounced the order as suicide. The age at enlistment was, Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak The field officers were Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Crossland and William P. Johnston, and Major Benjamin Anderson. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. JOHNSON, Jesse. Promoted to 4th Sergeant, 15 According to legend, after seeing the state of his former troops and learning of the loss of Hanson, the distraught general cried out, "My poor orphans!". Fought at Shiloh, where he was killed, 7 April 1862. 12, No. record. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. age 20. Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. 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.. news . 1865. Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. information on this page. By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with Mtd. Captain Robert Cobbs Kentucky battery reported the loss of nearly all of its battery horses killed and wounded and 37 of its men wounded. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the No further information. Married Annie Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Click here to see the complete Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy Hanson's replacement, Brig. Moved to Texas in In early 1862, the Orphan Brigade numbered nearly 4,000 officers and men. GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. Army. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. Detached for service in the Absent sick in to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. White Gaddie. Died 18 Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. Deserted 10 Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 SKAGGS, John Henry. No further information. 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. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Co., Texas. January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. Paroled Married Laura George Johnston In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. 17-18. pioneer corps, July-August 1863. 1863, and returned to his company a month later. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. to the edge of the world. 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. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Volunteer Infantry Inf., at Muster-In Green County, in July 1886. sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, Age 27 on roll of the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. grocer in the 1860 census. We gratefully acknowledge the Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridge's Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grant's five Union divisions. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1498. Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor after Murfreesboro, for carrying the Promoted his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy.

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