Reminiscences Of A Soldier Of The Orphan Brigade - Softcover

Young, Lt. Lieut D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477422250 ISBN 13: 9781477422250

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

These are the memoirs of Lt. L. D. Young, who was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He joined the 4th Kentucky Infantry to serve the Confederate States during the Civil War, at the age of twenty.

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About the Author

Lot Dudley Young was born on January 22, 1842 in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He joined the Fourth Kentucky Infantry in 1862 after spending two years as a citizen soldier of the "Flat Rock Grays." Because of the State's precarious neutral position, any Kentuckian who wished to fight for the Confederacy had to travel to Tennessee. Young's unit became part of what was later christened the "Orphan Brigade." He actively served until the end of the war when he was wounded at the Battle of Jonesboro in Georgia. After convalescing for six months in hospitals, he returned to Kentucky and became a prominent farmer. In 1866, he married Belle Davis, and the couple had five children. Young died on April 3, 1926 and was buried in Carlisle, Kentucky, with the flags of both the United States and the Confederate States of America in his hands.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1477422250
• ISBN 13: 9781477422250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104