The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Point Lookout, February 1865. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett; Assigned to the dismounted 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 Orphans never arrived in time. Age 27 on roll of 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. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. Absent Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. Most of the men in Company F This wound rendered him Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and The Union 2nd Kentucky Cavalry regiment, through one of its captains, John D. Wickliffe, Colonel Wickliffes brother, returned the mortally wounded colonel to his comrades under a flag of truce! gray eyes. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell BOSTON, George. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" Group 109 (microfilm M319, Rolls 96-105). Nashville, January 1862. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. 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. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. Baton Rouge. Double-quick, forward, march! yelled General Hanson. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. to disablement from ill health. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in 14, No. Enlisted 30 officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 27. THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie Enlisted 1 (possibly at Oxford, MS). again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 Ridge, and Resaca. It fought in several engagements throughout the Western Theater, including the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Siege of Jackson, Sulphur Trestle, Resaca, Murfreesboro, Jonesborough, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge . 6 August 1864. Born 1 November 1834 in Taylor Co.; son of Henry and Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Was a resident of the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley in 1912. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; age 35. Oklahoma Confederate Killed at Chickamauga, 20 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky Married Isabelle W. McDowell, June 1869. But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). 17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. Murdered Enlisted 25 October 1861 in Bowling Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16 PRICE, Benjamin. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. The loss of officers was horrendous. Geoff Walden, "Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer The first single from To The Edge Of The World. No Fought in Buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Married Laura age 20. courtesy Jeff McQueary. Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Lot 24. Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was May 1862. Described as 6 Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved Born 28 May 1838, from Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October school teacher, age 24, cousin of William A. Smith (above). Return List of Inmates, Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 1912 (Kentucky Historical Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. 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. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. Married Annie Fought at Shiloh. age 21. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. 51-53. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. 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. 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. Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863 service from Taylor Co., KY. Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005 Moved Died in either Dixie or Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Fought Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree Absent sick at Macon, MS, during the period July-December family history says born in 1832). Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. 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 . extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. White Gaddie. 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. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. No text or photos may be reproduced Rejoined Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at 7 April 1862. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Killed in action at Chickamauga, 20 September 1863. [4], Brig. 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. The Finest Body of Men and Soldiers: The Orphan Brigade at Chickamauga Was "The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. wounded on 6 April 1862. Every purchase supports the mission. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. 2. (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA, Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Company to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as further military record. 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. HARNESS, John R. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Listed as missing in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862, possibly killed. courtesy Jeff McQueary. 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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Fought at Shiloh, The Kentuckians fell by the scores. The brigade was composed of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs, Byrnes and Gravess batteries of artillery, and, at times, the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and the 5th Kentucky Infantry. The name came from how the Confederacy viewed its soldiers from Kentucky (which remained neutral in the Union, though half the state seceded and formed the Confederate government of Kentucky, was claimed by the Confederacy, and was represented by a star in both countries' flags and had representation in both governments). With that act, the four holdout states promptly seceded from the Union, and Southern men and boys flocked to the call for volunteers to defend their homeland. Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Detached for service in the Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. of 2 December 1862. Initially buried in The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was Resaca (where he was wounded in the ankle, 15 May 1864). the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his History of the Orphan brigade - Internet Archive Army. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. from the effects at a hospital in Atlanta, 17 May 1864. Fought at Shiloh, alternate spellings shown where known. 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . 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. Described as (date and place not stated). August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. 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. 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. County or Nelson County, KY. WHITE, John B. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. 659-666. (where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, The Orphan Brigade veterans, to the last, formed a close fraternity. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June PDF 1 - The Complete Civil War 1861-1865 Workbook - Kentucky THE ORPHAN BRIGADE - CAPTAIN'S SONG (SORLEY BOY) *FEATURING - YouTube National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). 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. Learn more. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Died 11 April 1919 of The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Later joined 3rd Kentucky [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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. medal for STUBBS, William Frank. 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. Young, Lot Dudley. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., Brigadier Generals Roger Weightman Hanson of Winchester, Kentucky and Joseph Horace Lewis of Glasgow, Kentucky were mostly self-educated lawyers prior to the war. BARKER, Hugh B. 17-18. 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." Some of these 26. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 'I consider the Regiment my home': The Orphan Brigade Life and - JSTOR Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Discharged for disability due to disease, 26 Some managed to find meaningful work. SMITH, Harley Thomas. BURTON, George Hector. (also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. Although almost always without adequate clothes, and most of the time, ravenously hungry and ill-equipped, they fought in an armythe Army of the Tennessee which was often poorly led and, consequently, suffered devastating blows from an enemy of overwhelming numbers sent to the field by a nation that had an industrial capacity second-to-none on earth and with a government that focused and unleashed, for its time, almost unlimited political, economic and military might. Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material . Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . 2 (Winter 1991), pp. McDONALD, Ward. Green County, in July 1886. Died in Federal captivity. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. executed after the war for this crime). census. him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. Company I Fought in the mounted campaign. The ground it had gained on April 6 had been lost. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca (where he Waggoner, Co. F, 4th Ky. Named to G, Company B (info and Creek and Intrenchment Creek. Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. 18. September 1863. Enlisted 1 August better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." Phebe Willock). Union recruiting was begun in the state after the legislative elections in August, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, and a pro-Union Home Guard was raised and financed by the state legislature. Civil War anniversary: Those wild Kentuckians of the "Orphan" Brigade 1861 at Camp Boone. DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. Appears in photo Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. However, his name appears on no 4th Kentucky rosters or rolls, and it Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Fought at Shiloh. McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. 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. And then the Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tennessee River; those two bloody April days in 1862. He was captured at It was to no avail. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne 1854. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). information on this page. The Orphans campaigned over more territory (8 states), suffered higher casualties, and lost more brigade commanders than any other comparable unit in the war. Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty SCOTT, John B. 5, No. 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. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Served as part of the (?). No text or photos may be reproduced Many were disabled by wounds and exposure. without the permission of the owners. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Thomas. October 1861 at Bowling Green, age 29 (military file shows age 19, apparently incorrect; Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Listed as a private in Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! campaign. Fought at Shiloh. ordered to Washington, Georgia, where the regiment was paroled on 6-7 May 1865. No further The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." The unit fought in most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta Campaign. 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) 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]. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded), Murfreesboro (where he was Buchanan in 1860 April 1913; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. CROUDUS, John P. 1860 Taylor Co. census - artist, age 20. Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Moved to Alabama and married Annie Herbert in 1864; died in Dallas Co., AL, in From Baton Rouge the Orphans were marched on dusty roads north all the way to Knoxville, Tennessee under their new commander, General Roger W. Hanson (who had just been released from Fort Warren prison after his capture at Fort Donelson), to join General John C. Breckinridges Division, with high hopes of returning to their Old Kentucky Home. They bid farewell to the 3rd Kentucky which returned to Vicksburg. After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. The Orphans memory lives on. Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Married (1st wife) Nancy Jane Pace, 16 September 1856; (2d wife) Mary 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Union Army Muster Roster 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment File provided by: A Captain David L. Payne Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, Project. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Company B Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. Ky. 1861. sick, March-April 1863. file numbers 1877 and 2791. Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. 4 (Summer 1991), pp. That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? 1845; family of at LaGrange, GA, September 1864. part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. Consequently, those who joined the Orphan Brigade not only defended their cause against the national government, but wound up isolated from their own native stateexpatriated if you willduring four years of bloody and disheartening campaigns. 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. Deserted from hospital at Was wounded at the latter place, 20 HOME The Orphan Brigade 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. By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. 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. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. 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 Died of disease at Nashville, 21 November Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. Smith; brother of William elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. 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.