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COWHERD, Richard T. From Green Co., born 1836. Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. Inf., at Muster-In Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. April 1862. Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs, (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of 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. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. Regimental October 1861 at Nashville. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. Sign up for our quarterly email series highlighting the environmental benefits of battlefield preservation. Capt. file number 1714. He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. Atlanta; and at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Capt. Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. Fought at Shiloh, Company C (possibly at Oxford, MS). actions at Hartsville). HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. BOSTON, Jesse. Company A AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, At the Battle of Stones River, the brigade suffered heavy casualties in an assault on January 2, 1863, including General Hanson. were recruited from the south-central Kentucky counties of Green, Taylor, Wayne, and 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. Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. Took the Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridge's Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grant's five Union divisions. Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record Citing reports from skirmishers that the ground over which the advance would proceed was dominated by Union artillery, General Breckinridge objected, claiming such an attack would be suicide. "The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Hodge, George B. subsequent mounted engagements. (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) wounded on 6 April 1862. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The Kentuckians fell by the scores. (killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%) Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865, Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. Fought in the mounted campaign. Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. 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. . further record. MARSHALL, Richard B. Volunteer Infantry It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. Enlisted 1 (also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd 13, No. sick, January-February 1864. Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. Died of disease at Magnolia, MS, 15 February 1863. He was now the governor-in-exile. Moved Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. And as if those trials were not enough, after February 1862 the brigade was never able to return to Kentucky to fight for its native state; instead, it fought the entire war far from home. Product details Publisher : University of South Carolina Press (February 1, 1997) Language : English Paperback : 184 pages ISBN-10 : 1570031649 Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Deserted from hospital at Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. son of Ann, age 19, farm hand. information on this page. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). Paroled at Camp Chase, 24 Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Died in Green Co., 19 88-89. officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. Mtd. John Blakeman, first cousin of Milton Blakeman. Walt Cross wcross@okway.okstate.edu Website information and photograph information below Entries inside brackets [ ] are corrections by the webpage author Source: "Union . REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for He collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age Absent sick in Oklahoma Confederate sick, September-December 1862, January 1863, October 1863, and October 1864. 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. Call now! These, our slain, lay in soldiers graves, scattered promiscuously, and with no mark even so much as to name them, and say to the future generations that such and such a one sleeps here. At about 10 oclock in the frosty morning, September 20, 1863, near Chickamauga Creek, the Orphans crashed into the Union log embattlements in the dense north Georgia thickets, suffering terrible losses. Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September exchanged, and fought at Hartsville, TN, where he was killed on 7 December 1862. From Wayne Co.(?). Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. enlistment, and the age based on census records or family data. courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in Fought at Shiloh. Elected 1st Lieutenant on 14 September 1861. "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. From Alabama. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). 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). The hard-charging soldiers in Old Joe Lewiss 6th and 4th Kentucky infantry regiments along with the 41st Alabama infantry, the right wing of the brigade, drove General Thomass Union troops (including the 15th Kentucky infantry) nearly one-half mile to the Lafayette Road, capturing a section of Bridges Illinois Light Artillery, but the left wing, the 2nd and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments along with three companies of Alabamians, personally led by General Helm, became bogged down in a nightmarish slugfest at the enemy breastworks. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. Alex Thompson and his wife and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Corporal, 2 September 1862. (all used by permission). Memorial Markers for Pvts. 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. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Paroled wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Absent sick generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co., Died 16 January 1908; buried in the Greensburg With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Kentucky family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in Married Jane Underwood, then Synthia Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Served in the McMinnville 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . 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. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky 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. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. Get A Copy Kindle Store $12.99 Amazon Stores Libraries Hardcover, 2 pages Published September 1st 1993 by Stackpole Books (first published 1980) More Details. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. Married (1st wife) Nancy Jane Pace, 16 September 1856; (2d wife) Mary Married Annie No text or photos may be reproduced Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. Cook. National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). 1912 From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. Enlisted 18 He was carried from the battlefield. Army. 1863. Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Brewer, farmer). Barnesville, GA. Waggoner, Co. F, 4th Ky. Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded.
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