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Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. From Alabama. No further Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. Confederate Civilian Documents. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! By the end of the war, Kentucky had raised 55 Union infantry regiments and numerous infantry and Home Guard battalions, 17 Union cavalry regiments, and 5 batteries of Union artillery from every geographic region of the Commonwealth, including the rich lands of the Bluegrass. 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]. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of George E. Johnston. Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Cook. Listed as deserted Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as further record. Fought at Shiloh. David, farmer. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Phebe Willock). DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 24-26; Part 3: "The February 1862. Army. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro. Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded. SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Enlisted 15 courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. WAGGONER, Edward Arthur. SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. Sign up for our quarterly email series highlighting the environmental benefits of battlefield preservation. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with Capt. of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a Burnett, age 21. We list here the most important records holdings in Frankfort, with notes on their records of interest to Orphan Brigade research. But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1498. Absent sick in Nashville, Listed as a Nashville, January 1862. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. to the edge of the world. Took the Oath of Allegiance. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. Married Sally campaign. Double-quick, forward, march! yelled General Hanson. 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]. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co., courtesy Jeff McQueary. A shell exploded nearby. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. further record. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Married Mary C. sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, The American Battlefield Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Named to There were such bright hopes that morning. May 1865; described as 6 feet tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. Kentucky. courtesy Dave Hoffman. Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. January 1863. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. further military record. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. 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. Precluded from further duty due Soldiers of ordinary goodness will stand several defeats; but to endure the despair which such adverse conditions bring for a hundred days demands a moral and physical patience which, so far as I have learned, has never been excelled in any other army.[16]. While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer From St. Louis, MO. Cobb's Battery Also known as 1 st Kentucky Battery . and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). . Enlisted 12 September 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura The first single from To The Edge Of The World. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek, 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. age 24. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett; Noticed by triumphant Union soldiers more than 24 hours after the fighting ended, and aided by no less a figure than Union Brigadier General Alexander McDowell McCook, Johnson died aboard the Union hospital ship Hannibal on the Tennessee River. Hall SKAGGS, John Henry. Absent - the Pine Mt. Army. Rejoined This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. census. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above Was 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Another possible derivation for the name stems from the brigade's repeated loss of commander. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. And in love new born where the stricken weep. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. Was detailed on detached service age 21. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 at Camp Burnett. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, Paroled at Appears in photo of Kentucky Burnett, age 23. Enlisted 18 Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. Company I D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Army. John Blakeman, first cousin of Milton Blakeman. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. White Gaddie. Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. Brewer, farmer). His widow married William A. Smith. medal for 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. Absent sick 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. 28. Capt. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. 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. shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was 1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. In every way, those old Orphans became the idols of Kentuckians. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Anyone Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. Promoted to 2nd BOSTON, Jesse. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Deserted from hospital at file numbers 1877 and 2791. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. age 20. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. Confederate pension file number 2420. Re-issued. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. of the face; buried in Vance Cemetery, near Eve, Green Co. Kentucky Confederate pension Title History of the Orphan brigade. Paroled 25 May 1865 at Fought at Shiloh Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. 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. Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of Died 11 April 1919 of in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . Was exchanged at Aikens Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas age 35. Born in Adair Co., 19 August 1841. Having detached the 3rd Kentucky and the two battalions from Alabama and Tennessee and now left to his own discretion, Trabue advanced his commandthe 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and the 31st Alabama Infantry (with Morgans Kentucky squadron of cavalry abreast) supported by Cobbs and Byrnes batteries across the fields toward the Tennessee River. Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for See "Kentuckian Recalled as It was John C. Breckinridge, Old Breck, whom the Orphans idolized. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Fought at of 2 December 1862. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. A. J. When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. Adair. It was to no avail. The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. We use specialized equipment unique to Southern Utah and our company. After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. Brigade sharpshooters at Dalton, GA, and fought as such throughout the Atlanta (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. 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! (?). 1861 at Camp Boone. He in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. COFFEY, Andrew J. March 1862. January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. 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. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. The entire 2nd Kentucky Infantry numbered only 69 officers and men in September. Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Detailed as company fifer, entitled to 7."). Fought at Resaca, where he was severely Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. courtesy Jeff McQueary. HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. Fought at regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where The shattered remains of Major Thomas B. Monroe were buried by his men beneath a giant oak tree not far from Shiloh Church. 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. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, was wounded slightly in the groin), and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree, 4 (Summer 1991), pp. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Paroled at Washington, Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. Thomas. Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). Fought at gray eyes. November 1861. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. WRIGHT, William E. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 40. All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, 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. Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Retired in Louisville and died there, The Kentuckians fell by the scores. (killed, died, disabled, discharged, transferred, captured, missing, deserted). Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. military record. age 19. 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 THOMPSON, Alexander A. Detailed to command the courier line by Gen. Lewis, January 1865. 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. The drums rolled. Green County, in July 1886. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September Brigadier Generals Roger Weightman Hanson of Winchester, Kentucky and Joseph Horace Lewis of Glasgow, Kentucky were mostly self-educated lawyers prior to the war. Served as teamster, Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. 1845; family of Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Appointed Commissary Sergeant, 11 October 1861, and promoted to 4th Sergeant, 1 August Eliza Jane Brewster Kennedy; 2nd, Matilda "Kate" Noland; and 3rd, Wilmoth Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. Married Martha Anna Jeter. The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, July 1863, and at Macon, GA, From Green Co., family of James Smith, Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December April 1862. Alex Thompson and his wife Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. August 1861 at Camp Boone. Deserted on the retreat from Missionary Ridge, Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne SMITH, William Lloyd. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. (standing on the left; the man List of Inmates, Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 1912 (Kentucky Historical John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. No text or photos may be reproduced The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. from a cdv in the author's collection. Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, 24. Married Jane Underwood, then Synthia From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). Rouge. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. 2 September 1862. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. 1899 Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. Married Laura 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. Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. 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. photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Chickamauga. All rights reserved. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. census. the orphan brigade. No further crippled (possibly from a wound). 1863. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other 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. From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was Enlisted 15 August Kentucky "The End of an Era," Vol. In April, with 496 men, it was placed in D.R. January and April 1862. 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. Fought at Shiloh, To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. Volunteer Infantry, CSA. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3, Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). See Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. 1854. HAM, Ezekiel. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was After the war, unit histories and other written documents began commonly referring to the unit as the "Orphan Brigade," although there is little evidence that use of the term was widespread during the conflict. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intenchment Creeks. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, George Johnston Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, 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. September 1866. Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and subsequent mounted engagements. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Absent sick in February 1862, and sick Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. His cousin, Brigadier General William Preston of Louisville, descendant of among Kentuckys earliest Virginia pioneer settlers, lawyer and President James Buchanans minister to Spain, as well as one-time brother-in-law of Kentuckian General Albert Sidney Johnston (who would die in Prestons arms at the Battle of Shiloh), would lead the Orphans at Vicksburg and would be closely identified with the brigade throughout much of the war.