Lot D. Young

Born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on January 22, 1842, Lot Dudley Young is chiefly remembered for his memoir Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade. Library and archival records identify him as a Confederate veteran and place the book's publication in the late 1910s.

Young served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army with the famed Kentucky "Orphan Brigade," and his book draws on those experiences to recount campaign life, battles, and the bonds among soldiers. Because it is a personal recollection rather than a detached history, the work is most valuable for its direct, lived perspective.

Available sources also indicate that he later lived in Kentucky and died on April 2, 1926. Beyond that, biographical details are limited in the sources I could confirm, so his reputation today rests mainly on this single, enduring memoir.