his company and fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face
Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24
at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery,
(also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of
Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs,
He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of George E. Johnston. men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have
August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton
Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co.,
August 1861 at Camp Boone. October 1868. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. Took
Born in Tazewell Co., VA; moved to Taylor Co., KY.
The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Enlisted 30
Please see ooredoo . With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. Died from the effects of this wound, 24
(also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in
Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS
wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. 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 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. Sign up for our quarterly email series highlighting the environmental benefits of battlefield preservation. September 1866. They also with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. For
Jackson. However, his name appears on no 4th Kentucky rosters or rolls, and it
Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3,
In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Glasgow, KY, cemetery. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary
Served in the mounted campaign. Camp Burnett, age 19. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. 28. Enlisted either 12
elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. 10, No. Burnett, age 23. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY,
Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. age 24. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in
No
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1861. Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. 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. It was to no avail. KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Learn more. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave
Oldham Co., where he taught school, and later worked in the Louisville Public Works Dept. Was captured at Intrenchment
HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. at Jackson, MS. pay as Musician. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the
January 1862. When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. February 1863 - October 1864. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. By 1882, they began holding annual reunions, the first being held at the Blue Lick Springs Hotel in Robertson County that year. 6 August 1864. Army. Went to Texas,
Fought at
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Atlanta; and at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! March 1862. 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. from the effects at a hospital in Atlanta, 17 May 1864. Ridge, and Resaca. No
From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). to the edge of the world. regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. Fought at Resaca, where he was severely
September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale,
November 1861. 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. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. The South's Famous Orphan Brigade - Warfare History Network Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. Never had so many men fallen in so short a period of time. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and
And in love new born where the stricken weep. Some of these
Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April
Learn more. However, its term of service soon ended and the unit disbanded. Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair
My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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]. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension
killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. [4], Brig. The Orphan Brigade veterans, to the last, formed a close fraternity. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp
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. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. No
Enlisted 14
Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. SMITH, Thomas Jefferson. 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. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga,
(microfilm in collection of G. R. Walden). At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
Absent
From Green Co., family of James Smith,
Fought at Shiloh. All rights reserved. Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor for
Mr. & Mrs. Harley T.
Moved to Texas in
48-49; Part 4:
All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved,
Enlisted 21 October 1861 at Bowling
1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number
Was awarded a
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. news . 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. 4 (Summer 1989), pp. Nuckols). 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]. Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. service, October 1864. 29. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2
sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. Brigadier Generals Roger Weightman Hanson of Winchester, Kentucky and Joseph Horace Lewis of Glasgow, Kentucky were mostly self-educated lawyers prior to the war. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Also fought at Jackson and in the mounted campaign. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. Fought at Shiloh, where he was
Fought at Shiloh. 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Most of them were penniless. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6
Enlisted 13 February 1863 at Manchester, TN. and assistant operations director for a distillery. of Co. F, 4th Ky. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. They poured into the ranks from the great belt of counties in central Kentuckyfrom Hardin, Nelson, Mercer, Boyle, Shelby, Anderson, Franklin, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford, Jessamine and Bourbon, and from a host of others. courtesy Dave Hoffman. WRIGHT, William E. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 40. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky
(all used by permission). Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro. Listed as "returned to 2d
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell
They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. HAM, Ezekiel. Went to Texas in August 1868. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. The age at enlistment was,
Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Campaign. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. 26. Company
Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer
BOSTON, Jesse. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. were recruited from the south-central Kentucky counties of Green, Taylor, Wayne, and
The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Any use
In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. G, Company B (info and
They were mounted and fought General Shermans advance into the Carolinas only to be forced to surrender in early May 1865 at Washington, Georgia, not far from Augusta. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion
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. Promoted
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. The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree
Society). Hughes, pp. GENT, John A. KELLY, Andrew. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. Kentucky in the Civil War - KYKinFolk.com Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta
Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. military record. Probably buried in the Confederate lot, Frankfort Cemetery. Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Listed as deserted
SMITH, William Lloyd. IL. Fought at Shiloh. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with
Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Click here to see the complete
17-18. health kept him generally incapacitated for duty in the ranks. The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. KELLY, Thomas L. (also spelled Kelley) Born 10 January 1844 in Lexington, KY;
line had already been abandoned by then). age 21. Men had to leave the state to enlist, and this coupled with Kentucky's position behind Union lines for the bulk of the war meant that soldiers had difficulty returning home on furlough and made it nearly impossible for new recruits to fill the depleted ranks. He was captured at the latter place on 15 May 1864 and was exchanged at
The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was
Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. Regimental
(this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). History of the Orphan brigade - Internet Archive On the first day at Shiloh, the brigade lost 75 killed and 350 wounded. Died of disease in Nashville, 20 December 1861. 1865. Enlisted 12 September
2 (Winter 1991), pp. further information, follow this link to a detailed history
Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. 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,
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. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp
grocer in the 1860 census. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Geoff Walden, "Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer
Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. It was John C. Breckinridge, Old Breck, whom the Orphans idolized. 1862. Was detailed on detached service
3 (Spring 1990), pp. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 17, bound boy to J.P. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. Cobb's Battery Roster - RootsWeb January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for
Edward Ford Spears, First Kentucky Brigade (Orphan Brigade), offer much more than a chronicle of miles marched and battles fought. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at
Deserted at Jackson, MS, 17 July 1863. 51-53. Daniel Blakeman. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Army. Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). 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. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Married Laura
arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. When the 2nd and 3rd Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs and Gravess batteries moved north to Bowling Green, Kentucky with General Buckners command in September 1861, they were joined by Colonel. Was severely wounded in the bowels at Resaca, 15 May 1864, and died
Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics,
Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace Listed as druggist in the 1860 Green Co.
Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. Absent sick, November 1862 - April 1863. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade,
Burnett, age 21. [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. Absent sick
Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. Paroled at Washington,
Was
sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch,
Died near Chico, Wise
All rights reserved. Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May
DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. 1873. GA, 29 May 1865. Discharged at
DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age
5, No. without the permission of the owners. "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at
From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. THOMPSON, Joseph. 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. While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. 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) . Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May
Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. Madison and Liticia Williams Smith (first cousin of Harley T., Samuel W., and William L.
Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. Kentucky Confederate Pension files (Kentucky Historical Society). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. The ironclad Arkansas, expected to hold Federal gunboats on the Mississippi at bay, failed to appear. son of Ann, age 19, farm hand. Only three years before those regiments numbered almost 600 officers and men each! Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Captain Robert Cobbs Kentucky battery reported the loss of nearly all of its battery horses killed and wounded and 37 of its men wounded. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the
1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. courtesy Jeff McQueary. DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age
The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service
See
Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and
Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. MOORE, William B. Absent sick and returned to duty,
1863. 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. In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. 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 Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne
Deserted from hospital at
BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Settled in Lebanon, where he worked as an accountant
actions at Hartsville). There were such bright hopes that morning. from a reunion photo taken in 1905
Company
Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak
Took part in some of the mounted campaign,
The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. number 6032. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. 1860 census. They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. Confederate Cemetery. 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." Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved
Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Took part in the campaign as mounted
Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. census. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. BURTON, George Hector. infantry. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Committed suicide in Green
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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at
age 19. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! SMITH, Daniel Lunksford. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. 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. No further
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Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. 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. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. Murdered
Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and
[3], Captain Fayette Hewitt, Helm's assistant Adjutant-General, had all the Brigade's papers (over twenty volumes of record books, morning reports, letter-copy books as well as thousands of individual orders and reports) boxed up and taken to Washington. Fought at
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. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). By the time the fighting ended, the command suffered losses of nearly 52%. General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. September 1862. PDF 1 - The Complete Civil War 1861-1865 Workbook - Kentucky January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and
FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. Detached for service in the
The men were being slaughtered. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. Died of
WHELAN, Michael. Kentucky
From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General.
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