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Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Fought at Shiloh. Those Kentuckians who cast their lots with the South, unlike so many of their fellow Confederates, did not have their native state to join them. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. actions at Hartsville). Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). The Orphans were orphans again.[15]. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above 12, No. White, 6 December 1860. Colonel on 28 February 1863. McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, medal for ); 1860 census - Buried in the Confederate Section Documents. Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. May 1865. Group 109 (microfilm M319, Rolls 96-105). courtesy Jeff McQueary). During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. The field officers were Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Crossland and William P. Johnston, and Major Benjamin Anderson. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Nay, victors; the realms they have won. 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. KELLY, Thomas L. (also spelled Kelley) Born 10 January 1844 in Lexington, KY; number 6032. Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. He Army. Fought further information, follow this link to a detailed history Boone. Fought at Resaca, where he was severely Served as teamster, John Blakeman. January 1863, and died in a U.S. hospital, 28 January 1863. Many were disabled by wounds and exposure. 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. census. LOOPE, James. In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . 29. 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. Burnett, age 23. List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. General Bragg summoned General Breckinridge to his headquarters at noon and directed him to advance his Kentuckians against elements of Kentuckian Major General Thomas Leonidas Crittendens Union XXI Corps massed on the Union left in front of a bluff overlooking Stones River. "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. WILSON, William M. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 19, field hand, son of 1861. From Greensburg; brother of John B. Moore and William B. Moore Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record Theseearly regiments, combined with others raised that fall at Bowling Green after it was named the rival Confederate capital, were organized into the First KentuckyBrigade. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . Paroled at Washington, GA, 29 May 1865. laborer). 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). he was wounded on 22 July 1864, and his right arm was amputated. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Fought at Fought at Shiloh. Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. Chickamauga. Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. Thomas. A popular, but potentially apocryphal, story credits Breckenridge with coining the name. entries) Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. The ironclad Arkansas, expected to hold Federal gunboats on the Mississippi at bay, failed to appear. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan 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. 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. medal for The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. 18 (1910), p. 169 Society). Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). TURK, Samuel B. Only slightly engaged against Major General William Starke Rosecranss Union Army of the Cumberland near what was called the Round Forest on Tuesday, December 30, 1862, Breckinridges division and the Orphans were re-positioned on the far right flank of Braggs army. Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. pioneer corps, July-August 1863. Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. age 26. Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. Promoted Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. Nashville, January 1862. Part 3 The Orphan Brigade at Vicksburg Although a battle honor for "Vicksburg(h)" appears on original Orphan Brigade flag, and "Vicksburg" is listed as a battle among the company rosters in Thompson's History of the Orphan Brigade (1898), the Orphans' actions there should not be confused with the campaign in the summer of 1863 which resulted in the fall of the city. Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, from the effects at a hospital in Atlanta, 17 May 1864. Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1871, and practiced Hanson's replacement, Brig. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. The age at enlistment was, Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Deserted 10 After the legislative elections on August 5, 1861, Kentuckys legislature became heavily pro-Union. HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. The Paper Trail of the Civil War in Kentucky 1861-1865 3 Civil War Casualties The North put 2.2 million men in uniform - half of its entire draft-age population; the South mustered 800,000 the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his Absent sick in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. Died 11 April 1919 of 1873. Cemetery. November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. My poor Orphans," noted brigade historian Ed Porter Thompson, who used the term in his 1868 history of the unit. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. Committed suicide, 2 February 1922; buried in Married Martha Anna Jeter. At Camp Boone, Colonel Roger Weightman Hansons 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized along with Colonel Lloyd Tilghmans, and subsequently Colonel Benjamin M. Andersons, 3rd Kentucky Infantry as well as Captain Robert H. Cobbs Kentucky Battery, and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky Battery. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. further record. His widow married William A. Smith. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. Enlisted Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. courtesy Marsha Smith-Hamilton, via Steve Menefee. 14, No. 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. the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. Among the casualties were Major Joseph P. Nuckols and Captain Thomas W. Thompson of the 4th Kentucky who were severely wounded; Major Thomas B. Monroe and his brother, Captain Benjamin J. Monroe, both mortally wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Anderson of the 3rd Kentucky, wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Martin Hardin Cofer of the 6th Kentucky, severely wounded; and Colonel John W. Caldwell, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Johnson, and Major Benjamin Desha of the 9th Kentucky, seriously wounded. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. Moved Died Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. Served in the McMinnville age 19. County or Nelson County, KY. WHITE, John B. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. age 24. No Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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. Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . 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As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and Return Married Mary C. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, 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 at Macon, GA, September 1864. Lauderdale Springs, MS, about February 1864. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. NICHOLS, Joseph. Deserted from hospital at Olivet Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. Took the Oath of Allegiance. Kentucky DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Was captured at Intrenchment Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and And in love new born where the stricken weep. For letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. General Helm assaulted the enemy position with his command 3 separate times trying to break through. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. without the permission of the owners. Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace 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. Capt. 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. Green County, in July 1886. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. Was wounded 659-666. Enlisted 18 LATIMER, William Dizzard. Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863 Baton Rouge. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. Served in the mounted campaign. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. Discharge certificate describes Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, 170-173. Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. Charge bayonets. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. 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. 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. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. 26. Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. Took part in the campaign as mounted October 1895. further record. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Was exchanged at Aikens Co., Texas. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as 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. 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. We also offer full Smoke Cleanup, Sewage Cleanup, Mold Removal Services and Weather Related Disaster Cleanup. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension HALL, Ambrose Jackson. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Only three years before those regiments numbered almost 600 officers and men each! Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. Died 18 October 1912; buried in the They returned to Kentucky and fought their way back to take a rightful place in their states post-war public affairs. without the permission of the owners. December 1863. BARKER, Hugh B. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. George Johnston April 1862. (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of GAFFORD, John B. Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November on roll dated 2 December 1862. 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. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. KELLY, Andrew. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. The 6th Kentucky Infantry numbered only 74. Married 1st, Married Annie Fought at October 1861 at Nashville. school teacher, age 24, cousin of William A. Smith (above). 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. Ridge, and Resaca. Chickamauga. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, Has memorial grave marker in Confederate Cemetery, Beech Grove. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., He returned to his company in SC and fought in the No text or photos may be reproduced Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. Appears in photo of Kentucky Any use Old Joe Lewis was elected to the state legislature, and then served three terms in Congress. Mtd. further record. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie Died 21 July 1930 of further military record. Burnett, age 27. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. age 21. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky On the tree was inscribed: T.B. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. Paroled at Montgomery, AL, April 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. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at 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. Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. age 21. 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) . late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). Cemetery, Nashville. in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. CORAN, Richard. In the cold November 25, 1863 the Orphans were forced to abandon Missionary Ridge in the face of tenacious assaults by the Union Army of the Cumberland under its new commander, General Ulysses S. Grant. Eliza Jane Brewster Kennedy; 2nd, Matilda "Kate" Noland; and 3rd, Wilmoth From St. Louis, MO. 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]. Cavalry and paroled at Athens, GA, 7 May 1865. campaign. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. Company B Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. Cobb's Battery Also known as 1 st Kentucky Battery . From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. From Alabama. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. Company F Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll Point Lookout, February 1865. Elected 1st Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. January and April 1862. Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13 Absent sick, February 1862. standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. Described as 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. By the end of the second day the Orphan Brigade had been decimated. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. (April 1991), pp. Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. Served as a teamster, February-April 1863. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Initially, the Orphans were helmed by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge, who was wildly popular among the men, even after he was promoted and transferred. (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). Paroled 25 May 1865 at Resaca (where he was wounded in the ankle, 15 May 1864). [10], As the Union skirmish lines and then the infantry columns slowly withdrew before the ferocious attack, they unmasked Captain John Mendenhalls massed Union artillery batteries 58 guns in all on top of the bluff to the left of the Orphans. BLAKEMAN, Daniel M. Born 1836 in Green Co., family of Moses Blakeman; brother of 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. GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. Confederate pension file number 2420. October 1868. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age Inf., at Muster-In Alex Thompson and his wife Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Fought at Shiloh. History of the First Kentucky Brigade. ), and promoted to 2nd Corporal, 12 Died 16 January 1915; buried in About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Regt." As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. 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. Shauff. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). gray eyes. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. Absent in hospital, March-August COWHERD, Richard T. From Green Co., born 1836. From a reunion photo taken in He was now the governor-in-exile. to the edge of the world. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. Fought at Baton Rouge, Jackson, and Chickamauga. his company and fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. Also available in digital form. The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. Company In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. A. J. MARSHALL, Richard B. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. CRUMPTON, William. Born in Tazewell Co., VA; moved to Taylor Co., KY. Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862, And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October 1861 at Bowling Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Killed in action at Chickamauga, 20 September 1863. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. May 1862. When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. 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. Box 537 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-7000 http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co. Absent sick at All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, 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.