Martin Bolin Slaughter

(c. 1839 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 18th Georgia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He served in Company E, 36th Georgia Infantry for a year from March 1861, and then enlisted in Company K. 18th Georgia Infantry in April 1862. He was wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia June 1, 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds on 18 September 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Ranger951. Life dates and other detail from a family genealogy.

Birth State: GA
Death Date: 09/18/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/18th_inf_regt.html [AotW citation 9536]

« Search for Another Participant