Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, The twice wounded John W. Caldwell also became a circuit judge in his home county of Logan, and then was elected to Congress.[17]. information on this page. Absent sick The 6th Kentucky Infantry numbered only 74. Enlisted 21 October 1861 at Bowling The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. 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. 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. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Lot 24. 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. Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale, From Greensburg; brother of John B. Moore and William B. Moore Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at [13], In 1912, Lot Dudley Young, formerly a lieutenant in the 4th Kentucky infantry, visited the site of the attack at Murfreesboro while attending a Confederate Memorial Day celebration. Killed in action at Shiloh, There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. Fought at Shiloh, Absent sick and returned to duty, 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. April 1862. Fought at Shiloh, where he was killed, 7 April 1862. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. No Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Confederate pension file number 2420. I have given the order to attack the enemy in your front and I expect it to be obeyed. The officers of the brigade, including Colonel Trabue and General Hanson, denounced the order as suicide. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Fought at Shiloh, where he was 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]. Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Absent sick at Newnan, GA, Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. 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. 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. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, courtesy Jeff McQueary. 1865 David, farmer. RUCKER, Daniel B. still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and From Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October 1861 at Bowling 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. CHAMPION, Matthew. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff Married 1st, Alex Thompson and his wife Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. 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. Listed as druggist in the 1860 Green Co. Enlisted 10 September 1864 at From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. Chilton Co., AL, 23 April 1897. Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair Please see ooredoo . severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, Information from descendants and other family members. Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp January and April 1862. Among the first to fall was General Roger Weightman Hanson, Old Flintlock, who was struck below the left knee by the burning iron fuse from a spherical case shot that exploded nearby. 1863. Fought at Shiloh, where he was They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. 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. photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in John Blakeman. 1860 census. grocer in the 1860 census. He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. There were such bright hopes that morning. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. age 18. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. Died 20 July 1926 of Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Appears Promoted to 2nd Call now! Married (1st wife) Nancy Jane Pace, 16 September 1856; (2d wife) Mary without the permission of the owners. Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. No farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. 10, No. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., Was DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. From the shallow victory of the Army of the Tennessee at Chickamauga, the Orphan Brigade, commanded after the death of General Helm by General Joseph H. Lewis once again, its 6th commander since the war began, moved to heights overlooking Chattanooga known as Missionary Ridge. From Wayne Co.(?). When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. A popular, but potentially apocryphal, story credits Breckenridge with coining the name. Losses had been fearsome. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Fought at Shiloh. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick Was exchanged at Aikens age 33. Most of the men in Company F October 1868. Moved The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. By the end of the second day the Orphan Brigade had been decimated. Nashville, January 1862. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Served as teamster, Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. No Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13 Vol. part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Return Fought at Shiloh With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." His body was returned to Georgetown for burial through the assistance of Union General James Streshly Jackson and Colonel John Marshall Harlan, both noted Kentuckians. Appointed Commissary Sergeant, 11 October 1861, and promoted to 4th Sergeant, 1 August where he was mortally wounded on 6 April 1862. THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . No further August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. On January 19, 1862, while the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and Cobbs, Gravess, and Byrnes artillery batteries were at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Johnstons right flank was crushed at the Battle of Mill Springs, in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and the Confederacys northern frontier began to collapse. Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. From Greensburg. Appointed 2nd Corporal, then promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 April 1863. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., 0 Comments Comments The Orphans had beaten the enemy on April 6, but luck eluded them. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. Colonel on 28 February 1863. The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. Company B Described as Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. from a cdv in the author's collection. BLAKEMAN, Daniel M. Born 1836 in Green Co., family of Moses Blakeman; brother of 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. Died in Louisville of cardiac The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. PEARCE, James A. The Orphans campaigned over more territory (8 states), suffered higher casualties, and lost more brigade commanders than any other comparable unit in the war. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above Company F Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. census. executed after the war for this crime). Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill Fought at Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to 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. After organization and muster, the regiment moved north into Kentucky and camped at Bowling Green, where it remained until early 1862. On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. (all used by permission). sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, Enlisted 18 and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Surrendered There the Orphans received into their brigade the 5th Kentucky Infantry; they bid farewell to the hard-fighting 41st Alabama. news . 6 April 1862. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. Son of Elhannon Winchester Daffron and Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. BOSTON, George. Militia, Confederate States of America. 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY at Camp Burnett. Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. McDONALD, Ward. courtesy Jeff McQueary. It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Waggoner, Co. F, 4th Ky. Robert Paxton Trabues 4th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Camp Burnett), Colonel Joseph Horace Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry (organized mostly at Bowling Green and Cave City), Colonel Thomas H. Hunts 9th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Bowling Green), and Captain Edward P. Byrnes Battery (organized partly in Tennessee and partly in Mississippi). (microfilm in collection of G. R. Walden). Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. Some managed to find meaningful work. The entire 2nd Kentucky Infantry numbered only 69 officers and men in September. September 1862. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. The Orphans slammed into Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentisss hastily-assembled Union lines along a sunken farm lane in an area covered with scrub trees and underbrush known to the soldiers as the Hornets Nest. As the fighting intensified, General Breckinridge, fearing the brigade was being prematurely withdrawn, led the Kentuckians himself. Learn more. Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky Enlisted 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. Gen. John C. Breckinridge commanded the Kentucky Brigade until 1862, Brig. 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, Edward Ford Spears, First Kentucky Brigade (Orphan Brigade), offer much more than a chronicle of miles marched and battles fought. Absent 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. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. The stalemate over the occupation by a United States garrison in Charleston Harbor (commanded by a Kentuckian, Major Robert Houston Anderson) erupted in the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Absent in hospital, March-August Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. They came from 33 of Kentuckys now 120 counties, and from every region of the old Commonwealth; from as far east in the mountains as Johnson, Morgan and Breathitt Counties, to as far west as Graves and Trigg Counties. Absent sick, November 1862 - April 1863. Fought at Shiloh. Went to Texas, Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. gray eyes. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. 1912.). (killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%) the orphan brigade. Fought at 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. March 1862. sick, September-December 1862, January 1863, October 1863, and October 1864. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. Army. No Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. It gave birth to the old saying in Kentucky that the State never seceded until the war was over. Simon Bolivar Buckner became Governor in 1887. REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. 48-49; Part 4: 1st New Hampshire . Lived in GA; body removed to the Confederate Plot in the Frankfort Cemetery in the 1880s. Group 109 (microfilm M319, Rolls 96-105). 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. Assigned to the dismounted Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Ultimately, Kentucky provided nearly 80,000 of its sons to the Union war effort, three times the number who served in the Confederate armies. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 4th, Confederate States of America. 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. Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intenchment Creeks. Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky Shown as age 19 on roll of September 1862. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. The American Battlefield Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 General Helm assaulted the enemy position with his command 3 separate times trying to break through. Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. 13, No. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as 17-18. Described as 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) . 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! Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the G, Company B (info and Listed as laborer in household of G.W. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca (where he By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. Married Mary Ellen (Mollie) Gaddie, 19 December 1867. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, They were given a bounty if they brought their own rifle. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his The First American President: Setting the Precedent, African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Phase Three of Gaines Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign, An Unparalleled Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg Battlefield, For Sale: Three Battlefield Tracts Spanning Three Wars, Preserve 128 Sacred Acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown. Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. Listed as deserted Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. subsequent mounted engagements. 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. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave Married Mary C. Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Kentucky. He is also the author of a prize-winning biography of Jackman's commander, John C. Breckinridge, and of The Orphan Brigade, a history of his command. service from Taylor Co., KY. (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. 1912 Fought at Shiloh. Committed suicide in Green "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. WAGGONER, Edward Arthur. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. The next morning, General Grants army, reinforced the previous night by Major General Don Carlos Buells Army of the Ohio which had arrived from Nashville, counter-attacked. It was John C. Breckinridge, Old Breck, whom the Orphans idolized. Blakeman; brother of Daniel and first cousin of Milton Blakeman. 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. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Took the Oath of Allegiance. A shell exploded nearby. 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. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved Later 3rd Corporal. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. 1. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. Amanda Decker, of Wayne Co. (see above entry). sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. Born in 1840; 1860 Green Co. census - field hand, son of Died in either Dixie or Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 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. generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24 following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous 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 ironclad Arkansas, expected to hold Federal gunboats on the Mississippi at bay, failed to appear. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, The only veteran identified in this photo other than those the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. (where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Nay, victors; the realms they have won. Monroe, C.S.A., Killed April 7, 1862. Such was the last resting place of the former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky and former Kentucky secretary of state. HENNINGTON, James. Absent MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 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. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. The loss of officers was horrendous. 29. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with Promoted Enlisted 1 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. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Enlisted either 15 August or 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. to disablement from ill health. Thomas Kelly family medicine in Wayne Co. Died 1 September 1895; buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, near to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Died 18 October 1912; buried in the 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. nicky george son of christopher george, who is eligible for employee retention credit 2021, borgia descendants today,
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