HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN BRIGADE.

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J. MORT PERRY, Russellville.   (See Co. A.) PHIL VACARO, Louisville.   (See Co. B.)

WM. BELL, Louisville, was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant, October, 1861. He was mortally wounded in battle at Shiloh, and died at Memphis shortly afterward.

JOHN E. PENDLETON, Hartford.   (See Medical Officers.)

ALFRED SMITH, Bardstown. (See Field and Staff, Fourth Regiment.)

WALTER J. BYRNE, Russellville, was appointed surgeon, Nov. 26, 1862, and assigned to duty with this regiment. (See Medical Officers.)

B. L. HESTER, North Carolina, was appointed assistant surgeon, Oct. 1, 1S62. He was assigned to temporary duty with the Sixth Regiment, December, 1863, and remained with it till April, 1864, when he was assigned to the Ninth, and served with it till the close of the war.

JOHN H. BRYSON, Tennessee, was appointed chaplain of Crews' battalion, March 25, 1862. When the battalion was broken up, he was assigned to this regiment, with which he was connected till the spring of 1863, when he was assigned to duty in hospitals.

W. D. CHIPLEY, Louisville, was appointed sergeant-major, October, 1861, and served in that capacity till the fall of Lieut. Curd, acting adjutant, when he was recommended to the Department of War, and was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant, to rank from March 1, 1863. He fought at Shiloh, and was wounded there. He returned to the command at Corinth, but was there accidentally wounded, and disabled until autumn ; after which he fought at Stone River, Jackson, and Chickamauga, and, at the latter place, was wounded again. He fought on the campaign from Dalton, at Rocky Face Gap, and Resaca; from Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intrenchment Creeks. At the latter place, July 22, 1864, he was captured, and was not exchanged in time to take part in the subsequent engagements. He was appointed, Aug, 29, 1863, by Gov. Richard Hawes, " commissioner and agent for the State of Kentucky, for the purpose of collecting, arranging, and perpetuating the names, rank, services, casualties, etc., of the native born and citizens of Kentucky who have entered into the service of the Confederate States," and succeeded in collecting a large amount of valuable material of that nature (though he maintained his place and did service in his regiment meanwhile), all of which fell into the hands of the Federal force that occupied Augusta after the surrender.