The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. 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. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of
Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs,
orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by 2. Enlisted 12 September
(8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. Losses had been fearsome. at Camp Burnett. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta
courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Phebe Willock). Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky
Greensburg Cemetery. Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage)
Appointed Acting Asst. Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age
Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. Married 1st,
Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. Was severely wounded in the bowels at Resaca, 15 May 1864, and died
1912.). Army. He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. CHAMPION, Matthew. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA,
Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with
military record. Discharged at
From Greensburg; brother of John B. Moore and William B. Moore
Barnesville, GA. "The End of an Era," Vol. See "Kentuckian Recalled as
There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. The First American President: Setting the Precedent, African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Phase Three of Gaines Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign, An Unparalleled Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg Battlefield, For Sale: Three Battlefield Tracts Spanning Three Wars, Preserve 128 Sacred Acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. Served in the McMinnville
THOMPSON, Alexander A. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862,
Hughes, pp. crippled (possibly from a wound). Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade (American Military History Series) Dixie Rising: Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived It (General Military) . SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. Elected 1st
Admitting his wound was serious, Hanson remarked to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk as he was being carried to the rear that it was glorious to die for ones country. He would die in agony on January 4 under the care of General Breckinridges wife who was an acting nurse, and would later be buried in the Lexington, Kentucky cemetery. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in
Jackson. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Some men had no arms at all. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. And then the Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tennessee River; those two bloody April days in 1862. 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]. MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September
Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. 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. Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24
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. Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863
STONE, Marshall Ney. Moore's Grave Marker in the
Took
Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. COFFEY, Andrew J. Many former Orphan Brigade officers and enlisted men were under indictment for treason when they returned home from the war. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. Chickamauga. 28. Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier
1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. General Breckinridge, seeing the bloody repulse of his noble Kentuckians, was heard to exclaim: My poor Orphans! 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. Listed as deserted
Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded. George Hector Burton, ca. 18 (1910), p. 169
14, No. With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. Olivet
GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. Fought in the mounted campaign. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. Army. 1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. October 1868. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip
Killed in action at Chickamauga, 20 September 1863. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Took the
Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA,
It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Born 28 May 1838, from Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October
Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. No
Enlisted 28 September 1861 in Nashville. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton
Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. detachment in January 1865. No
compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden
Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy
Glasgow, KY, cemetery. Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. McDONALD, Ward. Promoted to 4th Sergeant, 15
Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16
7 (January 1996), pp. From a reunion photo taken in
With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak
Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded, 6 April
Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair
Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3,
Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall,
Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, medal for
The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. news . 2 September 1862. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer
Hodge, George B. The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. 1861. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] On the first day at Shiloh, the brigade lost 75 killed and 350 wounded. Buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky
age 35. Enlisted 1
Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). Volunteer Infantry, CSA. Beverly. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O.
of 2 December 1862. All rights reserved. GA, 7 May 1865. 0 Comments Comments Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro,
Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. The men were being slaughtered. Married Sally
Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty
to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as
They were mounted and fought General Shermans advance into the Carolinas only to be forced to surrender in early May 1865 at Washington, Georgia, not far from Augusta. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. Listed as "returned to 2d
Those men would form the nucleus around which was organized the Orphan Brigade. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Fought at Shiloh. Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. October 1895. 10
Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany
From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? medal for
Before arriving in Dalton in November 1863 with Gen. Braxton Bragg's retreating Army of Tennessee, they had served with distinction in major battles, including Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. BRYANT, James Gaither. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Took the Oath of
Show your pride in battlefield preservation by shopping in our store. Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6
Returned to duty, 13 February 1865,
Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). service, October 1864. [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. Memorial Markers for Pvts. DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age
Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Married Martha Anna Jeter. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. 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 Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. The beastly winters fight at Fort Donelson, the capitulation of that bastion on the Cumberland River on February 16, 1862 where Colonel Roger W. Hanson and his 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky battery surrendered with General Buckner, and the heart-rending retreat out of Kentucky, through Nashville, Tennessee to Corinth, Mississippi of the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Byrnes and Cobbs batteries were bitter memories to those Orphans. July-August 1864. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. 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. 29. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. 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 Absent sick, roll dated 30 April 1862. 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. September 1864). Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell
(this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. (possibly at Oxford, MS). May 1865. The loss of officers was horrendous. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of George E. Johnston. most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta
The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face
(killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%)
In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. 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). Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Discharge certificate describes
George Johnston
SC Confederate pension file
Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Daniel Blakeman. 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and
This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. Having detached the 3rd Kentucky and the two battalions from Alabama and Tennessee and now left to his own discretion, Trabue advanced his commandthe 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and the 31st Alabama Infantry (with Morgans Kentucky squadron of cavalry abreast) supported by Cobbs and Byrnes batteries across the fields toward the Tennessee River. 1863. Discharged in consequence of these wounds, 24 July 1862. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. This wound rendered him
Later joined 3rd Kentucky
: Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . Enlisted 10 September 1864 at
Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. Adair. Murfreesboro. Fought at
Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. February 1863 - October 1864. Fought at
where he was mortally wounded on 6 April 1862. The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was
regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. Thompson, Edward Porter. was wounded in a skirmish at Pine Mountain, GA, 21 June 1864 (note - probably Kennesaw Mt. 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. McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. The "Orphan Brigade" was one of the most famous units in the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the time of the Battle of Chickamauga and a Confederate official once defined it as "the finest body of men and soldiers." severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part,
Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his
Died in either Dixie or
In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. further record. [10], As the Union skirmish lines and then the infantry columns slowly withdrew before the ferocious attack, they unmasked Captain John Mendenhalls massed Union artillery batteries 58 guns in all on top of the bluff to the left of the Orphans. Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. 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 September 1864, the regiments of foot soldiers in the brigade were reorganized as mounted infantry, continuing in that capacity for the rest of the war. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. without the permission of the owners. Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. The brigade had won its nickname. And in love new born where the stricken weep. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. January-April 1864. Was detailed on detached service
Boone. Alex Thompson and his wife
March 1862. Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May
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 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. 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. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia,
the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. BARNETT, James. BARKER, Hugh B. Fought in
Camp Burnett. age 12, as company drummer. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. Please see ooredoo . 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. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp
From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Vol. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret
Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro,
Was
Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16
his company and fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face
Enlisted 14
Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. Such indictments in areas like Breathitt County in the eastern Kentucky Mountains precipitated some of the feuds among families which lasted for generations. 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. KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Ultimately, Kentucky provided nearly 80,000 of its sons to the Union war effort, three times the number who served in the Confederate armies. HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted
asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension
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Died in Green Co., 19
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]. 1861-1865, Vol. Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861. Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3
The Orphans represent the conquest of courage over timidity and sacrifice for the sake of a principle. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly
Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. Discharged for disability due to disease, 26
With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. 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. Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
No Kentucky commands that fought in the Civil War, save for Brigadier General John Hunt Morgans cavalry, were more well-known and well-respected than those that formed the First Kentucky Brigade, or, as it was affectionately known, the Orphan Brigade. In doing so, they gave up everything. Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. Paroled at Augusta,
Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. 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. First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. Campaign. 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. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
(where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge,
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. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. Enlisted 25 October 1861 in Bowling
entries) Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. Born July 1841 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September
Served as a teamster, February-April 1863. Detailed to
Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
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. 24-26; Part 3: "The
Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek,
Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. Company C
1865. leading Baptist ministers in the area. Old Joe Lewis was elected to the state legislature, and then served three terms in Congress. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. Brewer, farmer). The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Enlisted 24 or 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. 1863. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those
Paroled
Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005
The drums rolled. REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20,
No further information. Amanda Decker, of Wayne Co. (see above entry). Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY,
Company B
Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
JOHNSON, Jesse. PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Smith; brother of William
WRIGHT, George W. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree
No further
BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Buried in either Anderson
January 1863; returned to the company in May 1863. 170-173. Died from the effects of this wound, 24
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. Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers.