CSA Units: 39: 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade : 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 marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. Army. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. Died 16 January 1915; buried in Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. and assistant operations director for a distillery. Sick in Nashville hospital, As brigade historian and veteran Edward Porter Thompson wrote years after the war, the history of the Kentucky Brigade is necessarily in a great measure the military history of General Breckinridge.[3]. Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. RUSSELL, Andrew Knox. No further information. rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Absent sick Died 18 October 1912; buried in the Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade. Colonel on 28 February 1863. Campaign. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at to the edge of the world. Camp Burnett, age 18. Died 18 May 1922; buried in the City Cemetery in compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden From a reunion photo taken in Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Most of the men in Company F 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. Married Martha Anna Jeter. McDONALD, Ward. Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. In the end, the Orphans left behind a magnificent legacy, one never to be repeated in Kentucky. Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. 1865 (Iowa State Historical Society). son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. Chickamauga. Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865, From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. Dr. Benjamin B. Scott Regimental COFFEY, Andrew J. Committed suicide, 2 February 1922; buried in Losses had been fearsome. Killed, probably by friendly fire, at Baton Rouge was General Helms aid, Lieutenant Alexander Todd, half-brother to Mary Todd Lincoln. There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Died at Nashville, 10 November 1861. Fought at Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Lauderdale Springs, MS, about February 1864. The hard-charging soldiers in Old Joe Lewiss 6th and 4th Kentucky infantry regiments along with the 41st Alabama infantry, the right wing of the brigade, drove General Thomass Union troops (including the 15th Kentucky infantry) nearly one-half mile to the Lafayette Road, capturing a section of Bridges Illinois Light Artillery, but the left wing, the 2nd and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments along with three companies of Alabamians, personally led by General Helm, became bogged down in a nightmarish slugfest at the enemy breastworks. January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. Enlisted 12 September As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. hereditary predisposition to disease of his lungs." MOORE, William B. Hall While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. sick, January-February 1864. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. 6 April 1862. 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other The brigade was composed of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs, Byrnes and Gravess batteries of artillery, and, at times, the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and the 5th Kentucky Infantry. September 1862. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. The unit fought in 4 (Summer 1991), pp. courtesy Dave Hoffman. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. September 1864). December 1863. Married (1st wife) Nancy Jane Pace, 16 September 1856; (2d wife) Mary The Orphans were then transferred all the way back to General Braggs Army of the Tennessee to face the growing Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans (which they had fought at Murfreesboro) then threatening Chattanooga and north Georgia. See Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded, 6 April Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Deserted 24 September 1863 at Chattanooga. At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. NICHOLS, Joseph. Buried in the Hartsville Cemetery. This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. COWHERD, Richard T. From Green Co., born 1836. 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]. feet 1 inch tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com wounded 6 April 1862. 1912.). Enlisted 1 WRIGHT, George W. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. 28. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro (where he was wounded). military record. THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer number 6032. April 1862. HARNESS, John R. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. The loss of officers was horrendous. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Deserted 10 Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Amanda Decker, of Wayne Co. (see above entry). No further information. When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. 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. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale, 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Phebe Willock). November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. THOMPSON, Alexander A. Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 Had served a year in Wheats From Wayne Co.(?). 1905 Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA, Smith, ca. The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. Fought at White, 6 December 1860. With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. Retired in Louisville and died there, John Blakeman, first cousin of Milton Blakeman. Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous Oldham Co., where he taught school, and later worked in the Louisville Public Works Dept. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 executed after the war for this crime). Militia, Confederate States of America. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. Army. Sergeant, 13 September 1861. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. Paroled at Montgomery, AL, April field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. SC Confederate pension file Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved 51-53. January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. 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. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. The artillery bellowed forth such thunders that the men were stunned and could not distinguish sounds. photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. (A C.S. Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. 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Ron Nicholas. Captured at Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. The 5th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky and would fight there during the first 2 years of war and then at Chickamauga. in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. 1861 at Camp Boone. 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. 20-21; Part 5: Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Was detailed on detached service WAGGONER, Adair A. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th The Orphans had beaten the enemy on April 6, but luck eluded them. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Enlisted 15 August From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. Described as 5 feet Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky Promoted to 3rd Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Was captured at Intrenchment SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. The twice wounded John W. Caldwell also became a circuit judge in his home county of Logan, and then was elected to Congress.[17]. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. George Hector Burton, ca. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. September 1863, and lost his left hand. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. 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. Colonel Robert Paxton Trabue, a native of Columbia, Kentucky and the grandson of Daniel Trabue, one of the earliest Virginia pioneers to enter Kentucky, was also a largely self-educated lawyer. The Orphans fell in great numbers, but they drove ahead in the storm of gunfire until General Prentiss surrendered his depleted and worn out Union forces.[5]. URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com RUSSELL, Andrew Jackson. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at Absent sick in Nashville, Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., Nay, victors; the realms they have won. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted HENNINGTON, James. National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. Murdered Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. These, our slain, lay in soldiers graves, scattered promiscuously, and with no mark even so much as to name them, and say to the future generations that such and such a one sleeps here. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, age 35. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier Inf., is James Bell, Co. D, 6th Ky. Inf. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age Buried in either Anderson Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp That was followed by reunions in Lexington in 1883, Elizabethtown in 1884, Glasgow in 1885, Cynthiana in 1886, Bardstown in 1887, Frankfort in 1888, Louisville in 1889, Lawrenceburg in 1890, Owensboro in 1891, Paris in 1892, Versailles in 1893, Russellville in 1894, Bowling Green in 1895, and finally Nashville, Tennessee in 1896. collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. After the legislative elections on August 5, 1861, Kentuckys legislature became heavily pro-Union. Company F Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. at Jackson, MS. Born 1 January 1841 in Green Co. 1860 Green Co. census - January-April 1864. Detailed to command the courier line by Gen. Lewis, January 1865. Young, Lot Dudley. William "Curly Bill" and Louisia Thompson (family from Taylor Co.). to disablement from ill health. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. January 1862. [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. Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. Served as teamster, 4 (Summer 1989), pp. Cemetery, Nashville. Fought at Shiloh, Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. No text or photos may be reproduced Not far down the line, Colonel John Curd Wickliffe, commander of the Confederate 7th Kentucky infantry and cousin to Colonel Prestons wife, was mortally wounded. John Cripps Wickliffe became Circuit Judge of Nelson County, Kentucky before President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Attorney for the District of Kentucky in 1885. (?). at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. infantry. Absent sick, February 1862. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. 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. pay as Musician. Paroled at HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted 1. 1899 Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. Died in Green Co., 19 He was captured at It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. STUBBS, William Frank. at Camp Burnett. Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862, Although almost always without adequate clothes, and most of the time, ravenously hungry and ill-equipped, they fought in an armythe Army of the Tennessee which was often poorly led and, consequently, suffered devastating blows from an enemy of overwhelming numbers sent to the field by a nation that had an industrial capacity second-to-none on earth and with a government that focused and unleashed, for its time, almost unlimited political, economic and military might. Lived in Taylor Fought at Shiloh. From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm; lawyer; son of two-time governor of Kentucky, John Helm of Hardin and Nelson Counties in Kentucky; grandson of United States Senator from Kentucky, John Hardin (one of young Captain Abraham Lincolns commanders in the Black Hawk War in 1832); and husband to Emily Todd, half-sister to none other than Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Lincoln; would lead the brigade twice and die in its heroic September 20, 1863 attacks at Chickamauga. the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. Died 18 Charge bayonets. Smith; brother of William DAFFRON, Ambrose/Abner Morgan. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 WILSON, William M. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 19, field hand, son of Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS The Orphans yelled as they ran on the double-quick toward their objective. Enlisted 18 1863, and to 3rd Sergeant, 1 October 1864. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. ); 1860 census - 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. Green. Green, age 19 or 20. From Green Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 25). The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. Milton and Burnett, age 21. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, 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. he was wounded on 22 July 1864, and his right arm was amputated. October 1868. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1864, and sent to military prison at Rock Island, at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). Described as Chickamauga. Died from the effects of this wound, 24 Enlisted 14 Cook. Army. January and April 1862. April 1862. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," Enlisted The Orphans memory lives on. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. Learn more. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age Cook. 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. 7 April 1862. The beastly winters fight at Fort Donelson, the capitulation of that bastion on the Cumberland River on February 16, 1862 where Colonel Roger W. Hanson and his 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky battery surrendered with General Buckner, and the heart-rending retreat out of Kentucky, through Nashville, Tennessee to Corinth, Mississippi of the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Byrnes and Cobbs batteries were bitter memories to those Orphans. Absent in hospital, March-August Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Only a week before the Battle of Shiloh, every regiment except the 9th Kentucky was issued a supply of Enfield rifles imported from England (the 9th armed themselves with Enfields captured during the battle). . The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. Married Sally SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. The 6th Kentucky Infantry numbered only 74. business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Blakeman; brother of Daniel and first cousin of Milton Blakeman. 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. By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. Letter From J.P. Benjamin to Fleming B. Miller Regarding Prisoners Requesting Release. Took The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. CRUMPTON, William. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. No Roster of Cobb's Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April actions at Hartsville). Volunteer Infantry Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. record. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. Madison and Liticia Williams Smith (first cousin of Harley T., Samuel W., and William L. Served in the mounted campaign. Moore's Grave Marker in the courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura The name came from how the Confederacy viewed its soldiers from Kentucky (which remained neutral in the Union, though half the state seceded and formed the Confederate government of Kentucky, was claimed by the Confederacy, and was represented by a star in both countries' flags and had representation in both governments). Discharged at Born in Tazewell Co., VA; moved to Taylor Co., KY. Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta 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. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1498. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 Paroled 25 May 1865 at The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). from a cdv in the author's collection. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George Absent wounded at Montgomery, AL, May-August 1864, and at Absent sick in Nashville hospital, 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. G, Company B (info and Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . From Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October 1861 at Bowling Co., Texas. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. Listed as a private in REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Was exchanged at Aikens 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.