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Preferred Citation:
Martin Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Biographical Information:
Major Thomas A. Martin was from Franklin County, North Carolina. He enlisted as a Corporal in Co. E., 13th N. C. May 9, 1861. He served as a sergeant, Lt. and Capt. He was wounded in the hip at Gettysburg and was promoted to major January 19, 1865. Martin was paroled at Appomattox. [Source: Kirk, Robert K., Lee's Colonels: a biographical register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979] Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers of the Martin family of North Carolina. It is primarily composed of papers and correspondence with relatives in North Carolina and Virginia, 1862-1868, belonging to Major Thomas Alston Martin who served in the 13th North Carolina Infantry. Several letters date to the Civil War and refer to camp conditions. It includes letters, 1862, of R. C. Martin written while serving in the Confederate Army. Many of the letters were written by women.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 13th
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container List
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175009
R.C. Martin, Yorktown, Virginia, to his sister Vic [?]1862 February 23Scope and Contents
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175010
R. C. Martin, Goldsborough [sic], [North Carolina], to his sister Vic [?]1862 March 30Scope and Contents
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175011
Thomas Alston Martin, Camp Ruffin, Virginia, to his sister [?]1862 March 30Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175012
Thomas Alston Martin, near Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]1862 May 20Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175013
R. C. Martin, Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]1862 June 7Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175014
Thomas Alston Martin, near Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]1862 June 13Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175015
Vic [?], to her brother, Thomas [Alston Martin]1863 February 2Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175016
Thomas Alston Martin, Camp Gregg, Virginia, to his sister [?]1863 February 19Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175017
Lou [?], to her cousin [?]1864 January 5Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175018
J.B. Boson[?], in Camp near Orange Court House, Virginia, to Capt. Thomas Alston Martin1864 February 13Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175019
J. Richard Ireland, Greensboro, North Carolina, to Thomas Alston Martin1864 February 23Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175020
Sarah [?], to her brother [?]1864 April 24Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175021
Vic [?], Wilmington, North Carolina, to her brother [?]1864 AprilScope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175022
Thomas W. [Fawtt?], Danville, Virginia, to Thomas Alston Martin1864 September 23Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175023
Lupus [Eliza Crenshaw],Cheraw, South Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1864 December 5Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosure: a calling card.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175024
Maddie Crenshaw, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1865 January 2Scope and Contents
3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175025
J. Richard Ireland, Kinston, North Carolina, to Thomas Alston Martin1866 January 29Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175026
Buck Bowly, Bowling Green, to Thomas Alston Martin1866 April 18Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175027
Lizzie W. Crenshaw, Statesville, North Carolina, Thomas Alston Martin1866 August 10Scope and Contents
3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175028
Martin & Tannahill, Petersburg, Virginia, to W.K. Martin, Pacific, Franklin County, North Carolina PM1866 September 29Scope and Contents
1 page.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175029
W.S. Long, Graham, North Carolina, to W.K. Martin1866 November 26Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175031
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1868 February 9Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175032
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1868 March 17Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175034
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1868 April 6Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175035
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin1868 April 16Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175036
Lucie [?], Hickory Grove, Prince William County Virginia, to Thomas Alston Martin1868 May 29Scope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175037
M.A. Cox, Goldsboro, North Carolina, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin1868 June 4Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175038
Mcllwaine & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolina1868 June 25Scope and Contents
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175039
Mcllwaine & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolina1868 July 7Scope and Contents
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175040
Robert A. Martin & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolina1868 October 5Scope and Contents
1 page. Printed Material.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175042
Invoices, receipts, and tax bills of Thomas Alston Martin1868Scope and Contents
7 items.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175043
[?] to Mr. Martin18[?] October 11
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175044
D.G. Crenshaw, Falkland, North Carolina, to his cousin Thomas Alston MartinNo year May 29Scope and Contents
5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175045
D.G. Crenshaw, Falkland, North Carolina, to his cousin Thomas Alston Martin, IncompleteNo year June 29Scope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175046
D.C. Crenshaw to his cousin Thomas Alston Martin, IncompleteundatedScope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175047
Vic [?], to her sister Sal [?]undatedScope and Contents
4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 21 Folder: 1 id175048
Vic [?], to her brother Thomas Alston MartinundatedScope and Contents
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.