Special Collections Research Center
Martin Family Papers
Mss. 39.2 M36
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1862-1868
English
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: .
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Preferred Citation:
Martin Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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.
Correspondence
Financial records
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 13th
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/269265EnglishManuscripts Group 2 Box 211R.C. Martin, Yorktown, Virginia, to his sister Vic [?]id175009/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811031862 February 23Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
R. C. Martin, Goldsborough [sic], [North Carolina], to his sister Vic [?]id175010/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811041862 March 30Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
Thomas Alston Martin, Camp Ruffin, Virginia, to his sister [?]id175011/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811051862 March 30Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Thomas Alston Martin, near Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]id175012/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811061862 May 20Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
R. C. Martin, Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]id175013/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811071862 June 7Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Thomas Alston Martin, near Richmond, Virginia, to his sister [?]id175014/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811081862 June 13Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Vic [?], to her brother, Thomas [Alston Martin] id175015/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811091863 February 2Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Thomas Alston Martin, Camp Gregg, Virginia, to his sister [?]id175016/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811101863 February 19Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lou [?], to her cousin [?]id175017/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811111864 January 5Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
J.B. Boson[?], in Camp near Orange Court House, Virginia, to Capt. Thomas Alston Martinid175018/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811121864 February 13Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
J. Richard Ireland, Greensboro, North Carolina, to Thomas Alston Martin id175019/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811131864 February 23Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Sarah [?], to her brother [?]id175020/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811141864 April 24Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Vic [?], Wilmington, North Carolina, to her brother [?]id175021/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811151864 April Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Thomas W. [Fawtt?], Danville, Virginia, to Thomas Alston Martin id175022/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811161864 September 23Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lupus [Eliza Crenshaw],Cheraw, South Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175023/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811171864 December 5Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosure: a calling card.
Maddie Crenshaw, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175024/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811181865 January 2Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
J. Richard Ireland, Kinston, North Carolina, to Thomas Alston Martin id175025/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811191866 January 29Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Buck Bowly, Bowling Green, to Thomas Alston Martinid175026/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811201866 April 18Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lizzie W. Crenshaw, Statesville, North Carolina, Thomas Alston Martin id175027/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811211866 August 10Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Martin & Tannahill, Petersburg, Virginia, to W.K. Martin, Pacific, Franklin County, North Carolina PMid175028/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811221866 September 29Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page.
W.S. Long, Graham, North Carolina, to W.K. Martinid175029/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811231866 November 26Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175031/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811241868 February 9Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175032/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811251868 March 17Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175034/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811261868 April 6Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lucie [?], Oxford, North Carolina, to her cousin Thomas Alston Martin id175035/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811271868 April 16Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Lucie [?], Hickory Grove, Prince William County Virginia, to Thomas Alston Martin id175036/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811281868 May 29Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
M.A. Cox, Goldsboro, North Carolina, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin id175037/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811291868 June 4Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Mcllwaine & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolinaid175038/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811301868 June 25Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
Mcllwaine & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolinaid175039/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811311868 July 7Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.
Robert A. Martin & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, to Maj. Thomas Alston Martin, Forestville, North Carolinaid175040/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811321868 October 5Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents1 page. Printed Material.
Invoices, receipts, and tax bills of Thomas Alston Martin id175042/repositories/2/archival_objects/1811331868Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents7 items.
[?] to Mr. Martinid175043/repositories/2/archival_objects/18113418[?] October 11Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211D.G. Crenshaw, Falkland, North Carolina, to his cousin Thomas Alston Martinid175044/repositories/2/archival_objects/181135No year May 29Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
D.G. Crenshaw, Falkland, North Carolina, to his cousin Thomas Alston Martin, Incompleteid175045/repositories/2/archival_objects/181136No year June 29Manuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
D.C. Crenshaw to his cousin Thomas Alston Martin, Incompleteid175046/repositories/2/archival_objects/181137undatedManuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter.
Vic [?], to her sister Sal [?]id175047/repositories/2/archival_objects/181138undatedManuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.
Vic [?], to her brother Thomas Alston Martin id175048/repositories/2/archival_objects/181139undatedManuscripts Group 2 Box 211Scope and Contents2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.