Admitting his wound was serious, Hanson remarked to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk as he was being carried to the rear that it was glorious to die for ones country. He would die in agony on January 4 under the care of General Breckinridges wife who was an acting nurse, and would later be buried in the Lexington, Kentucky cemetery. Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. 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. 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. 2. 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. KY. See "Daniel Lunksford Smith of the Orphan Brigade," The Kentucky Explorer, This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Confederate Cemetery. Fought at Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George Was Absent sick at Newnan, GA, Fought at Resaca, where he was severely Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? Fought at Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the mounted campaign. Camp Burnett, age 19. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. the orphan brigade. Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and CORAN, Richard. The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. Join us July 13-16! Enlisted either 15 August or 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). 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. Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. He was now the governor-in-exile. The Uncertain Origins of an Iconic Nickname. All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, Learn more. 26. Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. detachment in January 1865. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. BARNETT, John. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. Enlisted Married Annie military record. Born 28 May 1838, from Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October The Orphans never arrived in time. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, Died of disease at Nashville, 21 November WAGGONER, Adair A. Appointed Discharged at January-April 1864. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. 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. A November 1862 circular prophesied: However this war may terminate, if a man can truthfully claim to have been a worthy member of the Kentucky Brigade he will have a kind of title of nobility.[1]. 1st New Hampshire . All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Fought at Shiloh, where he was Point Lookout, February 1865. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. Volunteer Infantry Enlisted 15 RUSSELL, Andrew Knox. 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. Hall Married 1st, General Breckinridge, seeing the bloody repulse of his noble Kentuckians, was heard to exclaim: My poor Orphans! executed after the war for this crime). History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. The drums rolled. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. 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. November 1862. Lived in Taylor No text or photos may be reproduced 1860 census. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. 51-53. Many former Orphan Brigade officers and enlisted men were under indictment for treason when they returned home from the war. Losses had been fearsome. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as Fought at Shiloh, 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 Young, Lot Dudley. Fought at Shiloh. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. Thompson, Edward Porter. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. in 1905. No further April 1862. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Volunteers, War GENT, John A. 1863. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. "The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? October 1863 near Chattanooga. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. January and April 1862. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Enlisted 1 August 1861 at eyes. Discharge certificate describes Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. Married Mary Ellen (Mollie) Gaddie, 19 December 1867. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census - Died 5 July Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16 The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. 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. STUBBS, William Frank. NELSON, James W. Born 5 February 1831, from Adair Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. It was to no avail. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. 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. Married (1st wife) Nancy Jane Pace, 16 September 1856; (2d wife) Mary Citing reports from skirmishers that the ground over which the advance would proceed was dominated by Union artillery, General Breckinridge objected, claiming such an attack would be suicide. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. Later moved to Louisville and engaged in the coal business. Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer The 9th Kentucky was held in reserve as the grand old command stepped off toward its impossible objective. From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. There, and at nearby Camp Burnett, the commander of the pro-Southern Kentucky State Guard, West Point trained Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, assembled most of the elite Kentucky State Guard and its officer core, including Captain Philip Lightfoot Lee of Bullitt County, Captain Joseph Pryor Nuckols of Barren County, Captain Thomas Williams Thompson of Jefferson County, Major Thomas Hart Hunt of Fayette County (John Hunt Morgans uncle), Captain John William Caldwell of Logan County, and Major Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr., of Franklin and Fayette Counties, to name a few. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary No further information. And in love new born where the stricken weep. Cook. Retired in Louisville and died there, 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and 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. DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. October 1895. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in 1861. a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. They were mounted and fought General Shermans advance into the Carolinas only to be forced to surrender in early May 1865 at Washington, Georgia, not far from Augusta. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 Kentucky SMITH, Harley Thomas. From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! We gratefully acknowledge the 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Fought at Shiloh. 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. 1. Fought Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. Was Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; [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. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1498. It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. 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. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. 1865. Listed as "returned to 2d It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. Absent sick in Nashville, Absent in hospital, March-August Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see 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 Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. 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]. 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). courtesy Marsha Smith-Hamilton, via Steve Menefee. courtesy Jeff McQueary. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . The field officers were Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Crossland and William P. Johnston, and Major Benjamin Anderson. The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Call now! 31 August 1864. The Orphans never stepped foot on their native soil. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. age 24. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. He was carried from the battlefield. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Married Mary C. 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. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Enlisted 24 or 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. Cook. Died near Chico, Wise 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. 7."). REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, STONE, Marshall Ney. Volunteer Infantry, CSA. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. 1877 and awarded a pension from the state of Texas in 1913. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . courtesy Jeff McQueary. 1905 "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. BARLOW, Thomas B. son of Ann, age 19, farm hand. Phebe Willock). Creek (Atlanta), 22 July 1864, and sent to Camp Chase prison. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Fought at Shiloh, Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, 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. actions at Hartsville). 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. 48-49; Part 4: January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. information on this page. George Hector Burton, ca. From St. Louis, MO. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). ); 1860 census - There the Orphans received into their brigade the 5th Kentucky Infantry; they bid farewell to the hard-fighting 41st Alabama. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The first single from To The Edge Of The World. Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. G, Company B (info and entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. April 1913; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. CROUDUS, John P. 1860 Taylor Co. census - artist, age 20. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. Paroled 25 May 1865 at Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. further military record. age 36. Milton and collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. PETTUS, William F. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Absent sick, September-December But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Absent wounded at Montgomery, AL, May-August 1864, and at record. Listed as a private in 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. Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. enaemia; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, IL. called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. (also called Nat Gaither) Born 9 March 1840, from Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek, SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. JOHNSON, Jesse. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. 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. DAFFRON, Ambrose/Abner Morgan. GAFFORD, John B. 1845; family of Colonel on 28 February 1863. Fought at Shiloh Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. 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. Died of disease at Milledgeville, GA, 25 March 1864. Promoted to 3rd A search into the history of warlike exploits has failed to show me any endurance to the worst trials of war surpassing this. As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. crippled (possibly from a wound). 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. Daniel L. Smith Deserted from hospital at 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. Beverly. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, White, 6 December 1860. at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. for most of 1864. Every purchase supports the mission. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William Nashville, January 1862. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. [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. further record. Lot 24. 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]. 20-21; Part 5: Boone. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Burnett, age 23. The diaries and letters of the Orphans reveal that those men were deeply religious; many were firm Southern Baptists, although their commanders were, in large measure, Presbyterians and Episcopalians. No further Thomas Kelly 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. Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). Deserted 10 Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. courtesy the late Garnett Thompson, via Steve Walton. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. from a cdv in the author's collection. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. Merchant in Waggoner, Co. F, 4th Ky. at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery, generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. Committed suicide in Green