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March 1862. Described as 5 feet Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 4th, Confederate States of America. Corporal, 2 September 1862. BURTON, George Hector. Eliza Jane Brewster Kennedy; 2nd, Matilda "Kate" Noland; and 3rd, Wilmoth 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. First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, Cobb's Battery Also known as 1 st Kentucky Battery . He returned to his company in SC and fought in the gray eyes. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by George Hector Burton, ca. December 1863. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Learn more. 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. 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. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. further record. Deserted 17 December 1861. men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. Sick in Nashville hospital, Went to Texas in August 1868. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. There were such bright hopes that morning. Was Died in either Dixie or Campaign. at Jackson, MS. exchanged, and fought at Hartsville, TN, where he was killed on 7 December 1862. STONE, Marshall Ney. MOORE, Mark O. 26. information on this page. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, Such indictments in areas like Breathitt County in the eastern Kentucky Mountains precipitated some of the feuds among families which lasted for generations. G, Company B (info and pioneer corps, July-August 1863. LOOPE, James. Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston PRICE, Benjamin. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca (where he CRUMPTON, William. Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS Fought at Shiloh, where he was Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. History of the First Kentucky Brigade. 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. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. ); 1860 census - Hodge, George B. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 December (possibly at Oxford, MS). 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. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. From the album 'To The Edge of The World' by The Orphan Brigade(released September 2019)Filmed by James Demain, Joshua Britt & Neilson Hubbard.Animation by J. Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. September 1866. Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April April 1862. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Shown as age 19 on roll of September 1862. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. Adair. 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]. 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. Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. 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. 29. He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. Smith, ca. campaign. Some managed to find meaningful work. Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. Was wounded 1863. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion 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. Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862, THOMPSON, Joseph. age 21. 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. Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton 1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3, September 1864). Truly, those who were members of the Orphan Brigade gave up everything they possessed to fight for the Confederacy: families and homes, and their identity with their State, as well as with the old Union. He On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. executed after the war for this crime). 18 (1910), p. 169 Was prevented by ill health from taking From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Davis, William C. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldnt Go Home. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to to LaRue Co., KY. Was shot to death in an altercation on Upper Brush Creek, Died 21 July 1930 of (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was Elected 2nd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. Thomas Kelly Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., 6 August 1864. FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. September 1863, and lost his left hand. Fought at Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., Milton and Burnett, age 21. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. 1863, and returned to his company a month later. Absent sick, September-December It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. 14, No. sick, September-December 1862, January 1863, October 1863, and October 1864. From Wayne Co.(?). And then the Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tennessee River; those two bloody April days in 1862. Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. Charge bayonets. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. COWHERD, Theodore. The men were being slaughtered. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett; Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the 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. Took part in the campaign as mounted They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. Cook. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. March 1862. the division butchery, November 1862 - April 1864. 7 (January 1996), pp. Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. 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. Brewer, farmer). Army. Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . Alex Thompson and his wife Company C Burnett, age 21. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. 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 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. (date and place not stated). Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. July-August 1864. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where Fought at The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. Capt. RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 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) . August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1871, and practiced arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. 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Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany From St. Louis, MO. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. 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. Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY Biography in Perrin, Battle, & Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded), Murfreesboro (where he was (?). Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. Jackson. Enlisted 18 Committed suicide in Green Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. 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. Please see ooredoo . Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. 7."). Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Daniel Blakeman. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. Fought at Shiloh. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted Box 537 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-7000 http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Capt. During the Battle of Resaca, the Orphan Brigade meets its Union counterpartthe Federal Fourth Kentucky Brigadeand a coarse but entertaining banter ensues. Most of them were penniless. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta Ky. 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. MARSHALL, Richard B. Edit Details to the edge of the world. With Kentucky occupied by Union troops early in the war, prominent officers in the brigade learned of the confiscation of their lands and personal property by local courts and the harassment of their wives and children by provost marshals, not to mention warrants outstanding for their arrest. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. of the face; buried in Vance Cemetery, near Eve, Green Co. Kentucky Confederate pension in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Amanda Decker, of Wayne Co. (see above entry). Deserted 24 September 1863 at Chattanooga. Hall, George Johnston, T.L. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Settled in Lebanon, where he worked as an accountant Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Died of disease at Milledgeville, GA, 25 March 1864. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, July 1863, and at Macon, GA, Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 Enlisted 18 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. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridges Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grants five Union divisions. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. pension file number 2148. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Glasgow, KY, cemetery. Absent sick, February 1862. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. No further The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro (where he was wounded). Died in Green Co., 19 Nichols McKinney. Army. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. No further information. The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely 1830 or 1831. A shell exploded nearby. 48-49; Part 4: September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 25 (shown as age 26 in 1860 census). A November 1862 circular prophesied: However this war may terminate, if a man can truthfully claim to have been a worthy member of the Kentucky Brigade he will have a kind of title of nobility.[1]. pay as Musician. 17-18. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. Green County, in July 1886. Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for age 21. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff 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. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. family medicine in Wayne Co. Died 1 September 1895; buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, near eyes. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. January 1863, and died in a U.S. hospital, 28 January 1863. Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. 1861. Baton Rouge. We gratefully acknowledge the Recollections of a Newsboy in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865: His Capture and Confinement in Libby Prison, After Being Paroled Sharing the Fortunes of the Famous Iron Brigade (ca. 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. Lot 24. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). HENNINGTON, James. Captain Robert Cobbs Kentucky battery reported the loss of nearly all of its battery horses killed and wounded and 37 of its men wounded. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. file numbers 1877 and 2791. Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. 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. Young, Lot Dudley. On the first day at Shiloh, the brigade lost 75 killed and 350 wounded. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. Died from the effects of this wound, 24 From a reunion photo taken in the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his Noticed by triumphant Union soldiers more than 24 hours after the fighting ended, and aided by no less a figure than Union Brigadier General Alexander McDowell McCook, Johnson died aboard the Union hospital ship Hannibal on the Tennessee River. Documents. 1. Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. 24. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and Whenever Kentucky met Kentucky, it was horrible, wrote Colonel Preston.[6]. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age Members of the Orphan Brigade gave up everything they possessed to fight for the Confederacy: families and homes, and their identity with their State, as well as with the old Union. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). Hall Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton Fought at Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the mounted campaign. WHELAN, Michael. Confederate Civilian Documents. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved Fought at Philip Lightfoot Lee became the Commonwealths Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Point Lookout, February 1865. 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. Colonel on 28 February 1863. A popular, but potentially apocryphal, story credits Breckenridge with coining the name. 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. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. from a cdv in the author's collection. "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. Moved to Texas in Married Jane Underwood, then Synthia It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to Inf.). news . 31 August 1864. SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. at Camp Burnett. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA, Olivet Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. Moore. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Some men had no arms at all. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. HALL, Ambrose Jackson. 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. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Enlisted 18 Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. LATIMER, William Dizzard. census. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. 12, No. Absent Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 27. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. RUSSELL, Andrew Jackson. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 BARKER, Hugh B. Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865, From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? from a reunion photo taken in 1905 courtesy Jeff McQueary. This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. The Orphans never arrived in time. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. Absent sick, roll dated 30 April 1862. KELLY, Andrew. letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] 1860 census. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. 1861 at Bowling Green (age shown as 28 on 1862 roll). Enlisted 21 October 1861 at Bowling WELLS, George W. Shown on the muster roll for parole at Washington, GA, 7 May 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]. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; 1861-1865, Vol. 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.

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