Roster-4th Ky Infantry, Company C

    First Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade 


 

    4th Kentucky Infantry, Company C

This company is composed entirely of men from Union County.

Transcribed by Laura Cook from Ed Porter Thompson's "History of the Orphan Brigade" (Louisville, 1898)

Annotations (*) by Geoff Walden


Soldiers are listed alphabetically, by rank

Last Name First Name Rank
FITZHENRY J. M. Captain
GRIFFIN JOHN G. First Lieutenant
PHILLIPS WM. S Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster of the Fourth Regiment, Captain, Quartermaster of Brigade, on the staff of Gen. Lewis; Major
HIGGINSON CY H Second Lieutenant, Captain
BROWN JACK T. First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain
BLACKWELL THOMAS C. Second Lieutenant , First Lieutenant
CLEMENTS FRANK P. Second Lieutenant
HANCOCK JAMES Second Lieutenant
ROBERTSON FRED E. He carried the colors through the battle of Baton Rouge; and in January 1863, he was appointed first sergeant.
VAN BUSSUM PHIL First Sergeant *
SPALDING JOHN B. Second Sergeant
BUCKMAN CHARLES Third Sergeant
CLEMENTS SAMUEL A. Fourth Sergeant
DEWESE SOL Fifth Sergeant
SPALDING ROBERT First Corporal
CLEMENTS ELISHA Second Corporal
HANCOCK MARK Third Corporal
RAGSDALE WM. Fourth Corporal
PRIVATES/NO RANK LISTED -- --
AUSTIN FRANK --
BEARD CHARLES --
BEARD JOSEPH --
BERRY JOHN J. --
BERRYMAN JAMES H. --
BURRIS THOMAS --
BUMPUS JOHN --
BRINKLEY JOHN R. --
BROWN THOMAS --
BAKER SCOTT regimental musician
BUTLER JO --
CRIBBS EDWARD -
CHANEY ALFRED -
CAMPBELL PETER --
CARNEY -- --
CISSELL JAMES Permanently disabled at Shiloh, and discharged from the service. * (T. Reid)
DIEFENBACH GEORGE --
DAVIS THOMAS --
EMERSON GARRETT regimental musician
FITZHENRY SAM --
FITZHENRY CHAS. --
FENWICK GEORGE --
GREENWELL WM. --
GILGHRIST SAMUEL --
GREEN HENRY regimental musicians
GOUGH WM. HENRY --
HENISSEE JERRY --
HITE THO. J. -
HITE WM. --
HARDESTY HENRY --
HIGGINSON GREEN F. forage master
HUDGENS JOHN --
HERD ROMANUS --
JAMES JOSEPH --
JONES SYLVESTER was killed while carrying the regimental colors at Stones River/Murfreesboro, Jan. 2, 1863
JENKINS R. J. --
KELLY EDWARD --
KEARNEY PAT --
KENNEDY ROBERT --
KENNEDY THO. --
LAMBERT JOHN --
LAMBERT THOMAS --
LIVSEY ELIAS --
MAYBERRY SIMON --
MARTIN REV. MR. --
MELBOURNE HENRY --
McGUIRE JOHN --
McCLELLAN WILLIAM --
NEWMAN JAMES --
PIKE THOMAS --
PIKE IGNATIUS --
ROSS JAMES --
ROSS WILLIAM --
ROUSE JAMES --
RICE JAMES --
ROWE LEGRAND --
RIDDLE JAMES --
SPALDING LLOYD --
SPALDING WILLIAM --.
SHERCLIFFE WILLIAM --
SMITH JOHN --
STORY JAMES --
STIFFLER JOSEPH --
TEEL DANIEL --
TURNER WILLIAM --
THOMPSON HORACE --
THOMPSON WILLIS --
THOMPSON THOMAS J. --
THRELKELD THOMAS --
TRABUE PRESLEY --
WILLIAMS JOHN --
WATHEN CHARLES --
WATHEN PATRICK --
WATHEN THEODORE --
YATES WILLIAM --

 

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