The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. Before then, they always return false. [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. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. In early 1862, the Orphan Brigade numbered nearly 4,000 officers and men. Inf., at Muster-In D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Confederate Civilian Documents. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. MOORE, William B. without the permission of the owners. sick, March-April 1863. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. 29. called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Volunteers, War The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). Filed under: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 -- regimental histories -- iron brigade. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. The Orphans were then transferred all the way back to General Braggs Army of the Tennessee to face the growing Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans (which they had fought at Murfreesboro) then threatening Chattanooga and north Georgia. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Dr. Benjamin B. Scott number 6032. All rights reserved. in 1905. Fought at Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Died 16 January 1908; buried in the Greensburg HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. He was now the governor-in-exile. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. 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. 1860 census. MOORE, Mark O. Kentucky Paroled at Augusta, April 1862. 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. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. further record. From Greensburg. See "Kentuckian Recalled as Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 April 1913; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. CROUDUS, John P. 1860 Taylor Co. census - artist, age 20. Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. 7 April 1862. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Enlisted 18 FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. pioneer corps, July-August 1863. (April 1991), pp. RUSSELL, Andrew Knox. laborer). The 4th Kentucky lost over one-half of its number, including the noble Governor George W. Johnson who fell on the field after bullets struck him in the right thigh and abdomen. 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. Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. 26. (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Mtd. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and 1845; family of History of the Orphan brigade, by Ed Porter Thompson 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. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13 Moved The Orphans memory lives on. Smith). CHAMPION, Matthew. Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. We gratefully acknowledge the There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. Company I CORAN, Richard. 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. Alex Thompson and his wife Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. Discharged at Regimental This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 December 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. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. The next morning, General Grants army, reinforced the previous night by Major General Don Carlos Buells Army of the Ohio which had arrived from Nashville, counter-attacked. THE ORPHAN BRIGADE - CAPTAIN'S SONG (SORLEY BOY) *FEATURING - YouTube Married Mary Ellen (Mollie) Gaddie, 19 December 1867. crippled (possibly from a wound). Hall Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. Information from descendants and other family members. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. 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. detachment in January 1865. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, Appears Married Martha Anna Jeter. Camp Burnett, age 18. 659-666. Some men had no arms at all. David, farmer. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, Served as part of the Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. Married Mary C. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. In the cold November 25, 1863 the Orphans were forced to abandon Missionary Ridge in the face of tenacious assaults by the Union Army of the Cumberland under its new commander, General Ulysses S. Grant. Paroled 25 May 1865 at Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. The war had moved into Kentucky with Generals Braxton Braggs and Edmund Kirby Smiths invasion of the Orphans native state in the summer and fall of 1862. Shauff. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. gray eyes. Never had so many men fallen in so short a period of time. Join us July 13-16! Listed as a Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. 7."). 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. Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, Click here to see the complete 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. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. 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]. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1864, and sent to military prison at Rock Island, Capt. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. family history says born in 1832). Company F Love, Poverty And War: Journeys And Essays [PDF] [5qkamljh8p80] the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Described as Society). Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. Walt Cross wcross@okway.okstate.edu Website information and photograph information below Entries inside brackets [ ] are corrections by the webpage author Source: "Union . John Blakeman, first cousin of Milton Blakeman. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. 1862. the division butchery, November 1862 - April 1864. 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]. 1. Was prevented by ill health from taking Age 27 on roll of Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. the orphan brigade. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. From Warren Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Absent sick in Enlisted Buried in either Anderson SMITH, William Lloyd. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. 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. WELLS, George W. Shown on the muster roll for parole at Washington, GA, 7 May SKAGGS, John Henry. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Lauderdale Springs, MS, about February 1864. Burnett, age 23. officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. Also spelled Dafforn, Dafran, Dafford (also Camp Burnett, TN, 14 September 1861, Officers (4 total) .. 27 (range 22-35), NCOs (8) .. 25 (18-36), Musicians (2) 15 (12 & 18), Privates (66) . 23 (18-45), Service Losses, Company F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, Total served in Co. F, 1861-1865 105, Total captured and missing (not returned) 7 ( 7%), Total disabled by wounds or disease (not discharged) 5 ( 5%), Total casualties 57 (54%) Daniel L. Smith marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at From Dalton, Georgia, when the brigade withdrew toward Atlanta with Shermans legions pressuring their rear and when the command boasted 1,512 officers and men strong, to Jonesboro, the Orphan Brigade recorded 1,860 cases of death and wounds, 23% more than there were men in those 5 peerless regiments! Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2 Died 11 April 1919 of 'I consider the Regiment my home': The Orphan Brigade Life and - JSTOR with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. . enlistment, and the age based on census records or family data. Point Lookout, February 1865. compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . Captured at Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, I have given the order to attack the enemy in your front and I expect it to be obeyed. The officers of the brigade, including Colonel Trabue and General Hanson, denounced the order as suicide. Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY Married Annie Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS USGenWeb Archives - census wills deeds genealogy Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. 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. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. Any use Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston Native of Ireland. 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. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Absent sick, September-December at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. age 12, as company drummer. Died 18 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. By the time the fighting ended, the command suffered losses of nearly 52%. age 21. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. health kept him generally incapacitated for duty in the ranks. 1863. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. No Ridge, and Resaca. Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. courtesy Marsha Smith-Hamilton, via Steve Menefee. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." on roll dated 2 December 1862. Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro (where he was wounded). Please see ooredoo . Elected 1st On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. Settled in Lebanon, where he worked as an accountant From Beards Store, Owen Co. Took part in some of the mounted campaign, Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields.