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wounded on 6 April 1862. Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. Listed as "returned to 2d Fought from a cdv in the author's collection. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. age 33. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. Murfreesboro. part in the earlier engagements, but fought at Chickamauga. Army. 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. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. campaign. 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. Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. 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. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. Fought at GAFFORD, John B. Fought at Shiloh. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Lived in Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. 26 November 1863. Nay, victors; the realms they have won. 1873. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. Appointed Commissary Sergeant, 11 October 1861, and promoted to 4th Sergeant, 1 August of 2 December 1862. Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. Elected 1st Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. 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. The Orphans were, according to one account, ones who would stick to [the fighting] as long as they [could] find a foe to shoot at! The record of the Orphans, wrote one distinguished American scholar, is a record of heroism in war that has never been surpassed. General Joseph Eggleston. This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. Fought Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, History of the First Kentucky Brigade. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13 Boone. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Fought in the mounted campaign. October 1863 near Chattanooga. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. Described as 5 feet Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. 3 (Spring 1990), pp. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, Learn more. Army. 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. Confederate pension file number 2420. No further 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Union Army Muster Roster 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment File provided by: A Captain David L. Payne Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, Project. Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. From Greensburg. The Orphan Brigade - Essential Civil War Curriculum MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. 17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, Burnett, age 27. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. 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. September 1862. Was detailed on detached service September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 25 (shown as age 26 in 1860 census). but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see BOSTON, Jesse. Army. Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, History of the Orphan brigade, by Ed Porter Thompson The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. 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. further record. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. Company F Nuckols). Sergeant, 13 September 1861. in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. Click here to see the complete Some managed to find meaningful work. Deserted on the retreat from Missionary Ridge, Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. file numbers 1877 and 2791. Old Joe Lewis was elected to the state legislature, and then served three terms in Congress. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek, Smith, Alex Thompson, Jack Russell, Harley Died 18 October 1912; buried in the Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May CHAMPION, Matthew. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. Young, Lot Dudley. subsequent mounted engagements. THE ORPHAN BRIGADE - CAPTAIN'S SONG (SORLEY BOY) *FEATURING - YouTube to the edge of the world. sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. January-April 1864. By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and 7 (January 1996), pp. entries) Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Summary of Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. By the time the fighting ended, the command suffered losses of nearly 52%. Died from the effects of this wound, 24 service, October 1864. September 1866. 1863. Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Ridge, and Resaca. Enlisted 13 August 1861 No text or photos may be reproduced 1912.). Served in the mounted campaign. Promoted (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in Died near Chico, Wise Return gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded), Murfreesboro (where he was COWHERD, Theodore. We list here the most important records holdings in Frankfort, with notes on their records of interest to Orphan Brigade research. Detailed to L. Smith (? letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. Nashville, January 1862. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, 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. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. 12, No. Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. Campaign. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. Served as part of the Died 28 THOMPSON, Alexander A. Married Martha Anna Jeter. The Orphan Brigade Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., GA, 29 May 1865. Was Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Confederate Cemetery. PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Was deputy gray eyes. Died of file number 1714. Civil War Resources On The Web severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, 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. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). 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 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. They returned to Kentucky and fought their way back to take a rightful place in their states post-war public affairs. to the edge of the world. PRICE, Benjamin. Absent sick in Nashville, (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and Most of them were penniless. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Initially buried in mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. Company B Described as Creek and Intrenchment Creek. 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. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at All rights reserved. the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. From a reunion photo taken in Corporal, 2 September 1862. hereditary predisposition to disease of his lungs." 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. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 Was wounded at the latter place, 20 Cemetery. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. 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). Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Moore. (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Co., Texas. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. CRUMPTON, William. Fought at Shiloh, Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Took the Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, They also September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1871, and practiced DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. Letter From J.P. Benjamin to Fleming B. Miller Regarding Prisoners Requesting Release. HENNINGTON, James. There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. Browse subject: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 My poor Orphans," noted brigade historian Ed Porter Thompson, who used the term in his 1868 history of the unit. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 1861 at Camp Boone. Phebe Willock). Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. White, 6 December 1860. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16 History of the Orphan brigade - Internet Archive Born 1 November 1834 in Taylor Co.; son of Henry and Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. Some men had no arms at all. 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. Was Kentucky Camp Burnett, age 19. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Enlisted 1 Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. 51-53. physician, son of John Scott). SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. record. From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. 13, No. Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs, 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. Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. 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. misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Robert and Catherine Blakeman Wilson). courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. line had already been abandoned by then). Stay up-to-date on our FREE educational resources & professional development opportunities, all designed to support your work teaching American history. Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. SMITH, Harley Thomas. Detailed as company fifer, entitled to The loss of officers was horrendous. COWHERD, Richard T. From Green Co., born 1836. No Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). Most of the men in Company F As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. 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. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Joseph E. Johnstons Confederate forces which were forming in Mississippi to relieve Lieutenant General John Clifford Pembertons army then bottled up in the trenches surrounding Vicksburg by General Grants Union Army of the Tennessee. Adair. 1861-1865, Vol. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 George Hector Burton, ca. Also available in digital form. Surrendered Rejoined Certainly, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, their first commander, was one of Kentuckys most prominent soldiers, and his presence as the Orphans first commander was a source of much pride among the rank and file. 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 28. (A C.S. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta at Camp Burnett. The Finest Body of Men and Soldiers: The Orphan Brigade at Chickamauga 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. Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. 1845; family of Title History of the Orphan brigade. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky April 1913; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. CROUDUS, John P. 1860 Taylor Co. census - artist, age 20. September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale, From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - Rosters 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - History 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Company E, CSA - Reenactors 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster A-L 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster M-Z October 1868. 3. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. Green, age 19 or 20. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Elephant," Vol. Atlanta; and at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. 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. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. eyes. 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. Fought at Shiloh, Took part in some of the mounted campaign, US Civil War - earthstation9.com 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. Enlisted 24 or 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Died of disease in Nashville, 20 December 1861. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 Glasgow, KY, cemetery. RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age Cook. Hall, George Johnston, T.L. As the brigade moved onto the battlefield and observed then Captain John Hunt Morgan and his squadron of Kentucky cavalry along the road, the men cheered and sang: Cheer, boys, cheer; well march away to battle; Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives; Cheer, boys, cheer; well nobly do our duty, And give to Kentucky our arms, our hearts, our lives., Riding up to General William J. Hardee, Colonel Trabue, Old Trib as the men fondly called him, asked: General, I have a Kentucky brigade here. Shown as age 19 on roll of September 1862. 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. SCOTT, John B. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Retired in Louisville and died there, Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. All rights reserved. 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. of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. Detached for service in the 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved Inf., is James Bell, Co. D, 6th Ky. Inf. Vol. (435) 586-2200 Ally1 has been offering disaster cleanup and restoration services for 20 years. Volunteer Infantry Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. February 1862. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from Was wounded No Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; 6 August 1864. age 35. Later moved to Louisville and engaged in the coal business. Enlisted either 12 Killed in action at Shiloh, Served as a teamster, February-April 1863. Olivet Information from descendants and other family members. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where courtesy Jeff McQueary. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. Paroled 14, No. The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer Married Mary C. Blakeman; brother of Daniel and first cousin of Milton Blakeman. link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. Also fought at Jackson and in the mounted campaign. AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. family medicine in Wayne Co. Died 1 September 1895; buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, near From Green Co., 23-year-old farmer in 1860 census. This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension Orphan Brigade | Military Wiki | Fandom