The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. 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. After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Promoted to 2nd On the tree was inscribed: T.B. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. Remember the Orphan Brigade | Regimental Histories - American Civil War David, farmer. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. Robert and Catherine Blakeman Wilson). 17-18. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. Was captured at Intrenchment Appears in photo Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. 170-173. 2. sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, Paroled at Camp Chase, 24 Walt Cross wcross@okway.okstate.edu Website information and photograph information below Entries inside brackets [ ] are corrections by the webpage author Source: "Union . Cobb's Battery Also known as 1 st Kentucky Battery . Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. The shattered remains of Major Thomas B. Monroe were buried by his men beneath a giant oak tree not far from Shiloh Church. was wounded slightly in the groin), and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree, Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. ), and promoted to 2nd Corporal, 12 Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! John Blakeman. In every way, those old Orphans became the idols of Kentuckians. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. As the brigade moved onto the battlefield and observed then Captain John Hunt Morgan and his squadron of Kentucky cavalry along the road, the men cheered and sang: Cheer, boys, cheer; well march away to battle; Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives; Cheer, boys, cheer; well nobly do our duty, And give to Kentucky our arms, our hearts, our lives., Riding up to General William J. Hardee, Colonel Trabue, Old Trib as the men fondly called him, asked: General, I have a Kentucky brigade here. PDF 1 - The Complete Civil War 1861-1865 Workbook - Kentucky During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com January 1863. further record. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky Married Sue J. The brigade fought bravely and with distinction at a variety of battles throughout the Western Theater, including Shiloh and Stones River, as well as in the Atlanta and Carolinas campaigns. February 1863 - October 1864. History of the Orphan brigade, by Ed Porter Thompson 1863. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for military record. 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. Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. CRUMPTON, William. Absent MOORE, Mark O. 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Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. 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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. Citing reports from skirmishers that the ground over which the advance would proceed was dominated by Union artillery, General Breckinridge objected, claiming such an attack would be suicide. farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). WAGGONER, Edward Arthur. 1863, and returned to his company a month later. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to We also offer full Smoke Cleanup, Sewage Cleanup, Mold Removal Services and Weather Related Disaster Cleanup. Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. The Confederate Regiments of Kentucky of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. pay as Musician. White, 6 December 1860. infantry. RUSSELL, Andrew Jackson. On January 19, 1862, while the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and Cobbs, Gravess, and Byrnes artillery batteries were at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Johnstons right flank was crushed at the Battle of Mill Springs, in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and the Confederacys northern frontier began to collapse. Cook. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Detailed as company fifer, entitled to It was to no avail. 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. PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale, wounded in the right leg calf at Resaca, 14 May 1864. Colonel on 28 February 1863. 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. The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. By 1882, they began holding annual reunions, the first being held at the Blue Lick Springs Hotel in Robertson County that year. part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Took the Oath of Married Sally Paroled at Washington, Fire & Water Damage Restoration - Ally1 Disaster Solutions Promoted to 3rd ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, 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. from the effects at a hospital in Atlanta, 17 May 1864. BOSTON, George. at LaGrange, GA, September 1864. 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. further record. Thomas Kelly Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. age 24. Rosters of the Orphan Brigade Artillery/Battery Infantry Artillery / Battery Units Graves' Battery Last Names A-L Last Names M-Z https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/civilwar2.html http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/mississippi/artillery/graves_co_lite_arty.html Cobb's Battery (1st Kentucky Artillery) Company Roster Infantry Units Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 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.. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Kentucky's declared neutrality prevented Confederate recruiting officers from mustering units within its borders. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. No further information. 1863, and to 3rd Sergeant, 1 October 1864. 1877 and awarded a pension from the state of Texas in 1913. in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. 1863. Deserted from hospital at Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. [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. 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.