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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Robert B. Martin

(? - 1863)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Athens, TX as a Private in Company K, 4th Texas Infantry on 15 July 1861. He was appointed 5th Sergeant on 1 January 1862 and was on recruiting duty in Texas from February into April 1862. He was promoted to First Sergeant of his Company on 5 September.

On the Campaign

He was in action with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was elected 3rd Lieutenant on 27 January 1863 but was sick in hospitals from March to August 1863. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 5 October 1863 but was killed in November 1863, place not given.

References & notes

Service information from Davis 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3.

Death

11/1863

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 164 - 165 [AotW citation 1926]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 26939]

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