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Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade 
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- Fort Donelson, TN, 14-15 February 1862 --
Reminiscences of Louis Payne, 2nd Kentucky Infantry
Reminiscences of Thomas F. Boaz, 2nd Kentucky Infantry
Diary of Lt. Selden Spencer, Graves' Battery - Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862
- Defense of Vicksburg, MS, June-July 1862
- Baton Rouge, LA, 5 August 1862
- Hartsville, TN, 7 December 1862 -- Reminiscences of Louis Payne, 2nd Ky. Inf.
- Murfreesboro, TN, 31 December 1862 - 2 January 1863
41st Alabama Infantry report on the battle of Murfreesboro - Siege of Jackson, MS, July 1863
- Chickamauga, 19-20 September 1863
- Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1863
- Rocky Face Ridge, GA, 24-25 February 1864
- Mill Creek Gap, 7-8 May 1864
- Resaca, 14-15 May 1864
- Dallas, 28 May 1864
- Pine Mountain Line, 10 June 1864
- Kennesaw Line, 20 June 1864
- Peachtree Creek, 20 July 1864
- Atlanta (called Intrenchment Creek by the Orphans), 22 July 1864
- Utoy Creek, 6 August 1864
- Jonesboro, 31 August - 1 September 1864
- History of the Orphan Brigade sharpshooters in the Atlanta Campaign
- Stockbridge, GA, 15 November 1864
- Griswoldville, GA, 21-22 November 1864
- Oconee River Bridge, GA, 25 November 1864
- Defenses of Savannah, December 1864
- Dingle's Mill, 9 April
- Stateburg, 15 April
- Boykin's Mill, 18 April
- Dinkin's Mill, 20 April
- Fulton P.O., 21 April
- Unknown location near Stateburg, 29 April
- Paroled at Washington, GA, 6-7 May 1865
Brigade organized 28 October 1861, Bowling Green, KY
Atlanta Campaign, May-September 1864
Campaign as mounted infantry, October 1864 - April 1865
Central South Carolina, April 1865, including battles/skirmishes at
Surrendered by order of Gen. Joseph Johnston, 26 April 1865
URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/battle_h.htm
