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Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky Dr. Benjamin B. Scott Described as 6 (?). Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Army. White, 6 December 1860. Jackson. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. October 1863 near Chattanooga. The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a member of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. According to legend, after seeing the state of his former troops and learning of the loss of Hanson, the distraught general cried out, "My poor orphans!". Before then, they always return false. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. 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. shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. Lot 24. leading Baptist ministers in the area. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. (possibly at Oxford, MS). In 120 days, from Dalton through the final days before Atlanta, the Orphans suffered the almost unbelievable losses of 123%. April 1862. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Kentucky's declared neutrality prevented Confederate recruiting officers from mustering units within its borders. Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. 170-173. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). Was Was awarded a Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. Deserted 10 Fought physician, son of John Scott). Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, wounded on 6 April 1862. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., hereditary predisposition to disease of his lungs." Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. Johnsons horse was shot down early in the advance, but he picked up a musket and joined Captain Benjamin James Monroes Company E, 4th Kentucky Infantry, as a foot soldier. On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was surrendered (along with the old 3rd Kentucky Infantry) by General Pemberton and the western frontier of the Confederacy finally vanished. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Absent in hospital, March-August 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. Baton Rouge. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by 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. Served in the McMinnville Confederate Civilian Documents. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs, There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. No further 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." 13, No. Kentucky From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Society). Died of disease at Milledgeville, GA, 25 March 1864. a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. 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 of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. 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. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Chickamauga. As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. son of Ann, age 19, farm hand. At the Battle of Stones River, the brigade suffered heavy casualties in an assault on January 2, 1863, including General Hanson. link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. A. J. The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. 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. The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. Olivet 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. GENT, John A. at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley courtesy Jeff McQueary). Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. Deserted 17 December 1861. 1854. November-December 1863. 659-666. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George The Orphan Brigade veterans, to the last, formed a close fraternity. further record. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. HENNINGTON, James. 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. January and April 1862. (April 1991), pp. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 17, bound boy to J.P. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. In April, with 496 men, it was placed in D.R. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. Mason City, IA: Savas Beattie, 2000. Later joined 3rd Kentucky Glasgow, KY, cemetery. Was 2 (Winter 1991), pp. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick No DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 Detailed as company fifer, entitled to part in the earlier engagements, but fought at Chickamauga. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, Rejoined GILBERT, Ambrose G. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). Old Joe Lewis was elected to the state legislature, and then served three terms in Congress. The 4th Kentucky not only lost heavily in officers and men, it suffered the final loss of its brave colonel, Joseph P. Nuckols, to a disabling wound. eyes. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). Confederate pension file number 2420. Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. September 1862. DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above MARSHALL, Richard B. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. His widow married William A. Smith. Lauderdale Springs, MS, about February 1864. SMITH, Daniel Lunksford. He returned to his company in SC and fought in the (all used by permission). Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. 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. L. Smith (? Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Appointed Commissary Sergeant, 11 October 1861, and promoted to 4th Sergeant, 1 August He was captured at the latter place on 15 May 1864 and was exchanged at 24-26; Part 3: "The [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. By the time the fighting ended, the command suffered losses of nearly 52%. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Company B following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. Dropped from the rolls by 30 April 1862. campaign. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 at Jackson, MS. Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. 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! When Young revisits the battlegrounds in 1912, he dwells on the "glorious" aspects of war, reflecting his desire to memorialize his fellow soldiers of the Orphan Brigade. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. Moved to Texas in to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in Fought at Shiloh. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. The Uncertain Origins of an Iconic Nickname. to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, BURTON, George Hector.