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Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston age 21. Went to Texas in August 1868. WHELAN, Michael. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Burnett, age 21. Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. sick, January-February 1864. By the end of the war, Kentucky had raised 55 Union infantry regiments and numerous infantry and Home Guard battalions, 17 Union cavalry regiments, and 5 batteries of Union artillery from every geographic region of the Commonwealth, including the rich lands of the Bluegrass. As brigade historian and veteran Edward Porter Thompson wrote years after the war, the history of the Kentucky Brigade is necessarily in a great measure the military history of General Breckinridge.[3]. February 1863 - October 1864. 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 . BLAKEMAN, Daniel M. Born 1836 in Green Co., family of Moses Blakeman; brother of claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale, 17-18. McDONALD, Ward. Dr. Benjamin B. Scott MARSHALL, Richard B. In 120 days, from Dalton through the final days before Atlanta, the Orphans suffered the almost unbelievable losses of 123%. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. From Green Co., family of James Smith, Died of The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. 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.. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. Took part in the campaign as mounted Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, Also available in digital form. From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. ); first cousin of Daniel and Harley Smith. 4 (Summer 1989), pp. 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. Co., Texas. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Thomas Kelly Fought at Shiloh, wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Call now! URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Enlisted 14 Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 12 September THOMPSON, Joseph. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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. That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? The Uncertain Origins of an Iconic Nickname. Ron Nicholas. Died of disease at Milledgeville, GA, 25 March 1864. From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Enlisted 18 Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. EDWARDS, Frank M. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Died in either Dixie or Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2 age 25. Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at Boone. In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. to the edge of the world. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April Born in 1840; 1860 Green Co. census - field hand, son of Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky 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. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Captain Robert Cobbs Kentucky battery reported the loss of nearly all of its battery horses killed and wounded and 37 of its men wounded. the Sea and Federal operations in South Carolina. 18. In 1880, he became a member of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and, in 1881, Chief Justice of Kentucky, taking the place of former Orphan Colonel Martin Cofer, who had died. In every way, those old Orphans became the idols of Kentuckians. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. Absent in hospital, March-August Fought at Shiloh. Militia, Confederate States of America. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Philip Lightfoot Lee became the Commonwealths Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky. HENNINGTON, James. photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. Army. Took the Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. Volunteer Infantry, CSA. On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. In the beginning, those Kentuckians whose regiments ultimately formed the Orphan Brigade were reassured by the fact that the Confederate northern defense lines, commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston, then extended across southern Kentucky, from Columbus on the Mississippi River to Bowling Green to Kentuckys southeastern foothills near Cumberland Gap. November-December 1863. Company A (microfilm in collection of G. R. Walden). wounded on 6 April 1862. Died 16 January 1908; buried in the Greensburg Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. age 12, as company drummer. WRIGHT, George W. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Gen. John C. Breckinridge commanded the Kentucky Brigade until 1862, Brig. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, 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. Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Died from the effects of this wound, 24 And in love new born where the stricken weep. He is also the author of a prize-winning biography of Jackman's commander, John C. Breckinridge, and of The Orphan Brigade, a history of his command. (also called Nat Gaither) Born 9 March 1840, from The men were being slaughtered. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. 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. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Deserted 24 September 1863 at Chattanooga. Moved to Alabama and married Annie Herbert in 1864; died in Dallas Co., AL, in Green, age 19 or 20. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Fought at Shiloh. February 1862. 2 September 1862. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Married Sue J. part in the earlier engagements, but fought at Chickamauga. Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. On the first day at Shiloh, the brigade lost 75 killed and 350 wounded. The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record After its hard years of campaigning, the brigade surrendered at Washington, Ga., on May 6, 1865, receiving generous parole terms those in mounted units kept their horses or mules, and every seventh man was allowed to retain his musket for the journey home. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. Kentucky Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. Died 18 May 1922; buried in the City Cemetery in Memorial Markers for Pvts. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Murfreesboro. 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. Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. Absent Absent sick in February 1862, and sick DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Appears in photo of Kentucky wounded 6 April 1862. Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded. 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. All rights reserved. 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]. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George (April 1991), pp. 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. DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in We list here the most important records holdings in Frankfort, with notes on their records of interest to Orphan Brigade research. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension age 36. The men, beneath their blue, Hardee battle flags, bearing silver discs and hand-painted battle honors, and under a hail of gunfire, negotiated a swollen pond, then crossed the undulating fields alongside the shallow, frozen Stones River, delivering volleys of rifle fire at General Crittendens blue columns which included the 8th, 9th, 11th, 21st and 23rd Kentucky (Union) infantry regiments. Committed suicide in Green following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous MOORE, Mark O. September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. He was carried from the battlefield. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and Enlisted 30 There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. 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Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Join us July 13-16! Cook. 170-173. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Burnett, age 23. April 1862. 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 Company C AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, Died 16 January 1915; buried in Show your pride in battlefield preservation by shopping in our store. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3, (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. GENT, John A. Only three years before those regiments numbered almost 600 officers and men each! including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Was wounded The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Title History of the Orphan brigade. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age From Greensburg. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. 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. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. There the Orphans received into their brigade the 5th Kentucky Infantry; they bid farewell to the hard-fighting 41st Alabama. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Went to Texas, 5, No. Johnston, who could truly size up the soldiers in both theatres of war, remarked once that the Orphan Brigade was the finest body of men and soldiers I ever saw in any army anywhere.[2]. Fought in the mounted campaign. further military record. Enlisted 13 February 1863 at Manchester, TN. . Absent sick in Married Mary C. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24 link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. Fought at Elephant," Vol. 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. Cook. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta [4], Brig. further record. 7 (January 1996), pp. [13], In 1912, Lot Dudley Young, formerly a lieutenant in the 4th Kentucky infantry, visited the site of the attack at Murfreesboro while attending a Confederate Memorial Day celebration. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). Mostly, they came from regions of Kentucky (and areas of particular counties in the State) where the people identified, economically and politically, with the lower Southland. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Another possible derivation for the name stems from the brigade's repeated loss of commander. Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. Smith, ca. It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to age 20. age 19. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. From St. Louis, MO. Born July 1841 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 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. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS 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. Enlisted 1 August at Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. Fought at Shiloh, where he was killed, 7 April 1862. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. file numbers 1877 and 2791. With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. 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. Deserted on the retreat from Missionary Ridge, Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded, 6 April Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). 12, No. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett; Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved Fought at The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. September 1866. History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. Some of these HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. Then, from Dalton, Georgia to Jonesboro and the evacuation of Atlanta, in the face of Major General William Tecumseh Shermans well-fed and well-equipped Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Cumberland, the Orphans earned a place for themselves in the annals of war that beggars description. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. Married Sally Hall, George Johnston, T.L. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Inf.). The first single from To The Edge Of The World. Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Losses had been fearsome. The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Olivet 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. Company I April 1862. Green County, in July 1886. Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intenchment Creeks. Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. Absent sick STONE, Marshall Ney. Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. Listed as laborer in household of G.W. (Listed on rolls as Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. September 1863. These, our slain, lay in soldiers graves, scattered promiscuously, and with no mark even so much as to name them, and say to the future generations that such and such a one sleeps here. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, 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. The Orphans never stepped foot on their native soil. 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. Born in Adair Co., 19 August 1841. 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. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Absent sick, September-December Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, courtesy Jeff McQueary). William C. Davis The Orphan Brigade, page 159, for confusion with Col. Joseph White, 6 December 1860. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. line had already been abandoned by then). January 1862. When Young revisits the battlegrounds in 1912, he dwells on the "glorious" aspects of war, reflecting his desire to memorialize his fellow soldiers of the Orphan Brigade. Click here to see the complete WRIGHT, William E. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 40. KELLY, Andrew. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. No text or photos may be reproduced elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. [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. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. 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]. Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. Absent sick and returned to duty, WILSON, William M. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 19, field hand, son of Many former Orphan Brigade officers and enlisted men were under indictment for treason when they returned home from the war. Confederate Cemetery. When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. 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. The diaries and letters of the Orphans reveal that those men were deeply religious; many were firm Southern Baptists, although their commanders were, in large measure, Presbyterians and Episcopalians. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862.

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