Martin, Rawley White, 1835-1912.

Pittsylvania County, Va., physician, and lieutenant colonel in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, C.S.A., who was wounded and captured in 1863, spent some time in federal prisons, was exchanged, and became Confederate prison director at Columbia, S.C., 1864-1865.

From the description of Rawley White Martin papers, 1851-1927 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24773974

Rawley White Martin (1835-1912) of Pittsylvania County, Va., was a physician, and lieutenant colonel in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, Confederate States of America. Martin was educated at the University of Virginia and in New York, N.Y. He entered the Civil War as a lieutenant in the 53rd Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863. After several months in a United States general hospital, he was transferred to Fort McHenry, Md., in October 1864, and later exchanged for another prisoner. He was then sent to South Carolina as director of military prisons in the Columbia area.

Following the war, Martin practiced medicine in Chatham and Lynchburg, Va.

From the guide to the Rawley White Martin Papers, ., 1851-1927, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)