The Virtuous Knight of the Orphan Brigade

According to a biographer, he "resigned that position on President Lincoln coming into power. [...]he went and received the necessary appointment and went to work in earnest," noted the biographer. The officer recalled, "The nature of the ground and the furious reception with which we...

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Published in:Military Images 2018-01, Vol.36 (1), p.58-61
Main Author: Boeve, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
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American Civil War
Government archives
Men
Military history
Presidents
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Summary:According to a biographer, he "resigned that position on President Lincoln coming into power. [...]he went and received the necessary appointment and went to work in earnest," noted the biographer. The officer recalled, "The nature of the ground and the furious reception with which we were met, as soon as the Federals caught sight of us, and the withering fire under which we tried to press forward, had the effect of throwing our brigade too much in a mass to the left and the situation was dangerous in the extreme. II; Edwin Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade; Battle, Perrin and Kniffen, Kentucky: A History of the State; Zachariah Frederick Smith, The History of Kentucky; Official Records of the War of the Rebellion; William C. Davis, The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldnt Go Home; "Gen. Fayette Hewitt," Confederate Veteran, Vol. 17; Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging in Confederate Compiled Service Records, National Archives, Washington, D.C. Brian Boeve is an MI Senior Editor and Rusty Hicks is a Contributing Editor.
ISSN:1040-4961