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We list here the most important records holdings in Frankfort, with notes on their records of interest to Orphan Brigade research. Buried in the Confederate Section It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. Also spelled Dafforn, Dafran, Dafford (also Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, Paroled 25 May 1865 at 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. THOMPSON, Joseph. Lauderdale Springs, MS, about February 1864. Boone. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, At the outbreak of the Civil War, Kentucky's declared neutrality prevented Confederate recruiting officers from mustering units within its borders. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. Died 21 July 1930 of Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May 1873. From Green Co., family of James Smith, age 24. Army. knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. 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 Boone. The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. 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. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky Married Laura 1912.). Confederate Civilian Documents. to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Later moved to Louisville and engaged in the coal business. Was a resident of the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley in 1912. Fought at Shiloh, List of Inmates, Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 1912 (Kentucky Historical of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. 51-53. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. CRUMPTON, William. D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862, Chickamauga. 1912 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; 18. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, medal for courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2 extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. May 1862. elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. further military record. age 36. Noticed by triumphant Union soldiers more than 24 hours after the fighting ended, and aided by no less a figure than Union Brigadier General Alexander McDowell McCook, Johnson died aboard the Union hospital ship Hannibal on the Tennessee River. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. STUBBS, William Frank. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. October 1895. Died 16 January 1915; buried in IL. January 1862. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. Was prevented by ill health from taking HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded), Murfreesboro (where he was Edit Details was wounded in a skirmish at Pine Mountain, GA, 21 June 1864 (note - probably Kennesaw Mt. leading Baptist ministers in the area. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta 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. Riding among the brigade's survivors at Stone's River, Breckenridge, now the division commander, lamented the bloody results of a charge he had vehemently opposed ordering. (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded. Fought at Shiloh the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his With no recruiting being conducted in neutral Kentucky, those Kentuckians who sympathized with the plight of the seceded states flocked to camps in Tennessee to cast their lots with the South. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. (killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%) Cemetery, Nashville. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Retired in Louisville and died there, Click here to see the complete From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Get A Copy Kindle Store $12.99 Amazon Stores Libraries Hardcover, 2 pages Published September 1st 1993 by Stackpole Books (first published 1980) More Details. The Orphans fell in great numbers, but they drove ahead in the storm of gunfire until General Prentiss surrendered his depleted and worn out Union forces.[5]. The 5th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky and would fight there during the first 2 years of war and then at Chickamauga. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. age 26. 20-21; Part 5: There were such bright hopes that morning. Buchanan in 1860 No 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 2 (Winter 1991), pp. Campaign. Divided into 2 separate assault columns because of the configuration of the enemy breastworks, the Orphan Brigade struck the extreme left wing of the Union army held by Major General George Henry Thomass XIV Corps. Fought at Shiloh, Appears in photo Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. (possibly at Oxford, MS). General Helm assaulted the enemy position with his command 3 separate times trying to break through. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. Charge bayonets. Died 18 October 1912; buried in the The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December On the tree was inscribed: T.B. compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden 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 . 1865. Another possible derivation for the name stems from the brigade's repeated loss of commander. Appointed Capt. We gratefully acknowledge the Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. service from Taylor Co., KY. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. The Kentuckians fell by the scores. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 In doing so, they gave up everything. There, and at nearby Camp Burnett, the commander of the pro-Southern Kentucky State Guard, West Point trained Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, assembled most of the elite Kentucky State Guard and its officer core, including Captain Philip Lightfoot Lee of Bullitt County, Captain Joseph Pryor Nuckols of Barren County, Captain Thomas Williams Thompson of Jefferson County, Major Thomas Hart Hunt of Fayette County (John Hunt Morgans uncle), Captain John William Caldwell of Logan County, and Major Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr., of Franklin and Fayette Counties, to name a few. 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. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga. February 1863 - October 1864. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Certainly, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, their first commander, was one of Kentuckys most prominent soldiers, and his presence as the Orphans first commander was a source of much pride among the rank and file. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, The first single from To The Edge Of The World. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for No Dr. Benjamin B. Scott to the edge of the world. 28. marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. September 1862. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material 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!". Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Absent 1845; family of Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. After the legislative elections on August 5, 1861, Kentuckys legislature became heavily pro-Union. The Orphans were, according to one account, ones who would stick to [the fighting] as long as they [could] find a foe to shoot at! The record of the Orphans, wrote one distinguished American scholar, is a record of heroism in war that has never been surpassed. General Joseph Eggleston. Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. 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 Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] 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. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, George Hector Burton, ca. Fought at Shiloh, where he was From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and No text or photos may be reproduced 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. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. Precluded from further duty due Inf., at Muster-In Served as teamster, severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, Described as 5 feet Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. Absent sick at Chilton Co., AL, 23 April 1897. Died near Chico, Wise PEARCE, James A. At the Battle of Stones River, the brigade suffered heavy casualties in an assault on January 2, 1863, including General Hanson. At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Born 1 January 1841 in Green Co. 1860 Green Co. census - From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp 12, No. and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. (date and place not stated). Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. Absent sick, November 1862 - April 1863. The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a member of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. (microfilm in collection of G. R. Walden). Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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. Alex Thompson and his wife 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. Committed suicide, 2 February 1922; buried in Green. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! Enlisted 18 Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" Promoted to 3rd Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Fought Took part in the campaign as mounted Green County, in July 1886. JOHNSON, Jesse. Deserted on the retreat from Missionary Ridge, Regimental 2. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13 1865 Deserted from hospital at 14, No. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. Not far down the line, Colonel John Curd Wickliffe, commander of the Confederate 7th Kentucky infantry and cousin to Colonel Prestons wife, was mortally wounded. RUSSELL, Andrew Jackson. Assigned to the dismounted Olivet Born July 1841 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September at Jackson, MS. and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. 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. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA, Green. He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Company Lot 24. Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas Was Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. 1861. Centre College, Transylvania Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale College, Princeton College, and the United States Military Academy were the schools those four commanders attended. They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. There the Orphans received into their brigade the 5th Kentucky Infantry; they bid farewell to the hard-fighting 41st Alabama. 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]. Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm; lawyer; son of two-time governor of Kentucky, John Helm of Hardin and Nelson Counties in Kentucky; grandson of United States Senator from Kentucky, John Hardin (one of young Captain Abraham Lincolns commanders in the Black Hawk War in 1832); and husband to Emily Todd, half-sister to none other than Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Lincoln; would lead the brigade twice and die in its heroic September 20, 1863 attacks at Chickamauga. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Born in 1840; 1860 Green Co. census - field hand, son of 170-173. 1854. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. 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. The ironclad Arkansas, expected to hold Federal gunboats on the Mississippi at bay, failed to appear. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, However, his name appears on no 4th Kentucky rosters or rolls, and it Absent sick at Newnan, GA, 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Fought at Resaca, where he was severely Re-issued. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff October 1861 at Nashville. Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., Learn more. LOOPE, James. of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, That was followed by reunions in Lexington in 1883, Elizabethtown in 1884, Glasgow in 1885, Cynthiana in 1886, Bardstown in 1887, Frankfort in 1888, Louisville in 1889, Lawrenceburg in 1890, Owensboro in 1891, Paris in 1892, Versailles in 1893, Russellville in 1894, Bowling Green in 1895, and finally Nashville, Tennessee in 1896. Company F his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. 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WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3, December 1863. information on this page. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. Some men had no arms at all. LATIMER, William Dizzard. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Camp Burnett, age 18. ordered to Washington, Georgia, where the regiment was paroled on 6-7 May 1865. Born 28 May 1838, from Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. of Co. F, 4th Ky. In every way, those old Orphans became the idols of Kentuckians. Listed as "returned to 2d Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. . CHAMPION, Matthew. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. grocer in the 1860 census. Married Martha Anna Jeter. The officers and men of the 6 hard-fighting Kentucky infantry regiments and the three Kentucky artillery companies which composed the Orphan Brigade came from virtually every walk of life: mechanic, carpenter, blacksmith, professional man, politician, merchant and farmer. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. 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 Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. Fought at Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. gray eyes. GA, 29 May 1865. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. September 1863. Army. does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). 31 August 1864. Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry was on the extreme left of the brigade, with Old Tribs 4th Kentucky on the right, and the 2nd Kentucky in the center. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. Monroe, C.S.A., Killed April 7, 1862. Such was the last resting place of the former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky and former Kentucky secretary of state. BARNETT, James. No further information. Young, Lot Dudley. Thompson, Edward Porter. BOSTON, Jesse. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. in 1905. Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. WAGGONER, Edward Arthur. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, Call now! Died of disease in Nashville, 20 December 1861. No February 1862. Nuckols). where he was mortally wounded on 6 April 1862. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. September 1863, and lost his left hand. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Surrendered 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. Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Paroled at Augusta, Society). Some of these HOME The Orphan Brigade The Orphan Brigade Street Address City, State, Zip Phone Number Soundtrack To A Ghost Story Your Custom Text Here The Orphan Brigade TOUR DATES THE FILM STORE VIDEO PHOTOS CONTACT The Orphan Brigade - Banshee [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Watch on The Official Music Video for BANSHEE. Committed suicide in Green General Breckinridge, a Lexington, Kentucky lawyer, grandson of Thomas Jeffersons attorney general (John Breckinridge), Congressman from Henry Clays Ashland district, former Vice President of the United States under President James Buchanan and United States Senator, was not the only personality of national importance who would lead the Orphans. 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. [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. KELLY, Andrew. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. GILBERT, Ambrose G. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. L. Smith (? Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . Enlisted 12 September Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Absent And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. 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. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. 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. courtesy Dave Hoffman. With a handful of masterful Irish musicians joining the ever-evolving creative fray, the Orphan Brigade have returned with a doggedly untamed, yet deeply compassionate testament to County Antrim in To the Edge of the World. Fought in Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863 The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. The Orphans slammed into Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentisss hastily-assembled Union lines along a sunken farm lane in an area covered with scrub trees and underbrush known to the soldiers as the Hornets Nest. As the fighting intensified, General Breckinridge, fearing the brigade was being prematurely withdrawn, led the Kentuckians himself.

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