John Luther Martin. [1]
Note: #N648.
Note N6481850 Marshall, Platte, Missouri Census.
Name: Jno L Martin.
Age: 38.
Estimated birth year: abt 1812.
Birth Place: Tennessee.
Gender: Male. 1
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John rode off to the Civil War in 1861 and was never seen again, but the family was later told of his death by the army. He left with Isaac and John Sharp and William Kennut, all joining the Union Army and all being wounded at Black Water Gap in the Battle of Vicksburg July 3, 1863. They were taken prisoners and sent to Mobile, Alabama where they all caught Yellow Fever from poor conditions and all died except for William who saw the others buried. 1
Family records state that John joined the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 along with three relatives: Isaac Sharp, Jacob Sharp and William Kennut. John was wounded in the Battle of Vicksburg at Black Water Gap on July 3, 1863. William eventually was freed and told the families what had happened. Soldiers also supposable came to John's home (his parents were both dead by then and his wife Peggy, died in 1850, so there were just the children) in Missouri to tell the family. 1
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the "St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st, 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in the fiedl hospital in Vicksburg Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Colonel Eugene Erwin (consolidated with the 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburt). These were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "The Missouri State Guard: 1861-1862".
John Luther Martin BIRTH: 1812, Knox County, Tennessee, USA DEATH: 15 Jul 1863 (aged 50–51) Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA BURIAL: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA MEMORIAL ID: 179905521
John Luther Martin enlisted in the CSA, 1st Missouri Volunteers Cavalry, Co. H. at Des Arc, Arkansas. He fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, and Big Black. John Luther was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg and captured on the 4th of July in 1863. He was paroled nine days later, promising not to bear arms again against the Union. He died in a field hospital at Vicksburg, on July 15, 1863. It is likely he was buried in a temporary battlefield burial ground at Vicksburg before being reinterred along with 1,600 others at Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery --- in a mass, unmarked grave in the C.S.A. section.
Documented CSA Military Records of John Luther Martin
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the" St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in a field hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a Private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Col. Eugene Erwin (Consolidated with 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburg). ----There were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD: 1861-1862". In the same company "H", 1st Missouri Confederate Cavalry.
Parents:
Jesse Martin, 1768–1858 and Silphenia Gibbs Martin, 1779–1840
Spouse:
Margaret Peggy Sharp Martin 1812–1852 (m. 1830)
Siblings:
Mary Ellen Martin Arwine, 1804–1886
Nicholas Gibbs Martin, 1811–1888
Sarah Martin Davis, 1815–1895
Children:
Louisa Ann Martin Brown, 1832–1913
Phoebe Martin Smith, 1835–1912
William Ferrel Martin, 1837–1928
Prior Lee Martin, 1840–1914
Sarah E Martin Hill, 1842–1920
Henry Sharp Martin, 1847–1924
Nancy Jane Martin Powers, 1848–1908
Nicholas Gibbs Martin, 1849–1933
John Silas Martin, 1852–1933
Death: 15 July 1863
Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi (Buried in a mass grave of 1600 CSA Soldiers) There were conflicting records of his burial. But according to his 3rd great granddaughter's finding in 2009, after 150 years it is believed to be corrected in listing him buried at Vicksburg, MS.
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