Thomas R. Martin Letter, 1861

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Thomas R. Martin Letter, 1861

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01005.xml

The collection contains a single letter written by Pvt Thomas R. Martin, Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion). Dated September 22, 1861 and written from Sewell, VA (now WV).

0.1 cu. ft.; 1 folder

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Martin, Thomas R., 1947-

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Thomas R. Martin enlisted as a private at North Garden, Virginia, in April 1861 and reenlisted at Richmond the following year. Prior to January of 1863, he was promoted to First Corporal. He was promoted again, this time to Third Sergeant, prior to November 1863. Close to the end of war, Martin was wounded at the Battle of Five Forks, in April 1865. From the guide to the Thomas R. Martin Letter, 1861, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univers...