Author: THOMPSON, ED PORTER
Title: History of the Orphan Brigade
Description: Louisville, KY: Lewis N. Thompson, 1898. First Edition (?). Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 9.30 X 6.30 X 2.40 inches; 1104 pages; Brown boards with black lettering and figure; black lettering on brown spine. Hard cover has rubbing, scuffing, bumping, sunning. Weak front hinge, spine has separated from text block, but is attached at gutters. Pages are clean and tight to sewn binding. Extensively illustrated with 77 b/w engravings. Color flag frontispiece. Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war. Extremely heavy, 8#.. Very Good- .

Keywords: American History War between the States; American Civil War; Confederacy; Confederate States of America; Military History; Brigade History; Battle History; Reference; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Animals Education American History Geography Biog