T.A. Martin

Federal (USA)

Lieutenant

Thomas Atkinson Martin

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Antietam

From Pennsylvania, he was commissioned 2nd, then First Lieutenant, Company C, 4th US Infantry on 5 August 1861. He served at Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, and Manassas, VA.

On the Campaign

He commanded Company H at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and commanded Company H at Gettysburg in July 1863. He was promoted to Captain on 14 July 1863 and was wounded in action in the Wilderness, VA, in May 1864. He was dismissed from the service on 25 August 1864, cause not given.

References & notes

Basic information from the Heitman1 with details from William H. Powell's A History of the Organization and Movements of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry (1871). His role at Antietam from Captain Dryer's Report. His photograph from one offered for sale on eBay in January 2015.

Notes

1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 693 [AotW citation 29119]

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