1st Lieutenant Bartlett Yancey Martin
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Title
1st Lieutenant Bartlett Yancey Martin
Subject
Company A (the "Laurel Springs Guard"), 34th Regiment N.C. Troops
Description
Bartlett Yancey Martin resided with his wife and infant son on a farm in the “South East District” of Ashe County. His farm and personal property were each valued at $300.
Martin was one of ninety-seven men and boys who enlisted for twelve months service on August 10, 1861, in a company known as the “Laurel Springs Guard.” Although the “Guard” is considered to be an Ashe County command, Laurel Springs is actually located in adjacent Alleghany County, and it is likely many of the men resided in Alleghany.
The “Laurel Springs Guard” mustered into service on at Camp Fisher, High Point, on October 25, 1861, as Company A, 34th Regiment N.C. Troops. Martin mustered in as third sergeant and was reported present through April 1862. No muster rolls for Company A are extant for May through December 1862, but the N.C. Roll of Honor records that Martin was promoted to second lieutenant on August 20. Promotion to first lieutenant occurred prior to March 1, 1863. Some documents in Martin’s compiled service records indicate that he commanded Company A during late 1862-early 1863.
Martin was wounded in action at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, and was captured (presumably in a field hospital) on July 5. He was received at the DeCamp General Hospital, Davids Island, New York Harbor, on July 17-24, and was transferred to the prison for Confederate officers at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, on the following September 15.
Martin was paroled at Johnson’s Island on March 14, 1865, and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange. He was among the group of prisoners: “March 22, 1865. Rec’d at Cox’s Wharf, James River, Va., from Jno. E. Mulford, Bvt. Brig. Gen. & U.S. Agt. Of Exchange, three hundred and five (305) paroled prisoners of war, on the within rolls (Officers 304, Civilian 1).” There are no further military records for Martin, but he probably received a thirty or sixty-day sick furlough following his exchange.
Martin (April 14, 1828-December 2, 1897) is buried at the Bartlett Y. Martin family cemetery, Ashe County.
Martin was one of ninety-seven men and boys who enlisted for twelve months service on August 10, 1861, in a company known as the “Laurel Springs Guard.” Although the “Guard” is considered to be an Ashe County command, Laurel Springs is actually located in adjacent Alleghany County, and it is likely many of the men resided in Alleghany.
The “Laurel Springs Guard” mustered into service on at Camp Fisher, High Point, on October 25, 1861, as Company A, 34th Regiment N.C. Troops. Martin mustered in as third sergeant and was reported present through April 1862. No muster rolls for Company A are extant for May through December 1862, but the N.C. Roll of Honor records that Martin was promoted to second lieutenant on August 20. Promotion to first lieutenant occurred prior to March 1, 1863. Some documents in Martin’s compiled service records indicate that he commanded Company A during late 1862-early 1863.
Martin was wounded in action at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, and was captured (presumably in a field hospital) on July 5. He was received at the DeCamp General Hospital, Davids Island, New York Harbor, on July 17-24, and was transferred to the prison for Confederate officers at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, on the following September 15.
Martin was paroled at Johnson’s Island on March 14, 1865, and forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange. He was among the group of prisoners: “March 22, 1865. Rec’d at Cox’s Wharf, James River, Va., from Jno. E. Mulford, Bvt. Brig. Gen. & U.S. Agt. Of Exchange, three hundred and five (305) paroled prisoners of war, on the within rolls (Officers 304, Civilian 1).” There are no further military records for Martin, but he probably received a thirty or sixty-day sick furlough following his exchange.
Martin (April 14, 1828-December 2, 1897) is buried at the Bartlett Y. Martin family cemetery, Ashe County.
Creator
Unknown Photographer
Source
1860 U. S. Census, South East District, Ashe County, North Carolina, population schedule, page 180, dwelling 1307, family 1307, Bartlett Y. household; Manarin et. al., North Carolina Troops 9:255; service record files of Bartlett Y. Martin, 34th Regiment N.C. Troops, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from the State of North Carolina (M270), RG109, NA; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115919413&ref=acom
Contributor
Greg Mast Collection
Format
Copy Print of a Solar Enlargement
Files
Citation
Unknown Photographer, “1st Lieutenant Bartlett Yancey Martin,” Tar Heel Faces, accessed May 17, 2024, https://tarheelfaces.omeka.net/items/show/87.
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