Orphan Brigade Kinfolk photograph collection. 1861-1865.

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Orphan Brigade Kinfolk photograph collection. 1861-1865.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: Civil War. General description of the collection: The Orphan Brigade Kinfolk collection contains photographic reproductions of photographs and illustrations of Brigade veterans and others, predominantly from the post-war period, gathered from a variety of sources.

10 boxes (945 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7646756

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Brigade, 1st

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The First Kentucky Brigade was part of the Confederate Army. it became known as the Orphan Brigade after Union troops captured Fort Donelson (1862), leaving the brigade cut off from it's home state for the duration of the war. Despite this, the Orphan Brigade distinguished itself on and off the battlefield by maintaining high morale, discipline, and effective military tactics. They lost to brigader generals in battle: Roger Weightman Hanson and Benjamin Hardin Helm. Regiments from the brigade fo...

Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association.

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The First Kentucky Brigade, Confederate States of America (CSA), composed of several infantry and artillery units, left the state in 1861. Unable to return home until after the war, veterans referred to their unit as the Orphan Brigade. The Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association was founded in 1987 to preserve the memory of the Orphan Brigade by gathering information, including photographs and biographical information on the original soldiers. The mission later expanded to collect information about ...