John Luther Martin enlisted in the CSA, 1st Missouri Volunteers Cavalry, Co. H. at Des Arc,
Arkansas. He fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, and Big Black. John Luther was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg and captured on the 4th of July in 1863. He was paroled nine days later, promising not to bear arms again against the Union. He died in a field hospital at Vicksburg, on July 15, 1863. It is likely he was buried in a temporary battlefield burial ground at Vicksburg before being reinterred along with 1,600 others at Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery --- in a mass, unmarked grave in the C.S.A. section.
Documented CSA Military Records of John Luther Martin
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the" St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in a field hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a Private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Col. Eugene Erwin (Consolidated with 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburg). ----There were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD: 1861-1862". In the same company "H", 1st Missouri Confederate Cavalry
Arkansas. He fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, and Big Black. John Luther was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg and captured on the 4th of July in 1863. He was paroled nine days later, promising not to bear arms again against the Union. He died in a field hospital at Vicksburg, on July 15, 1863. It is likely he was buried in a temporary battlefield burial ground at Vicksburg before being reinterred along with 1,600 others at Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery --- in a mass, unmarked grave in the C.S.A. section.
Documented CSA Military Records of John Luther Martin
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the" St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in a field hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a Private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Col. Eugene Erwin (Consolidated with 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburg). ----There were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD: 1861-1862". In the same company "H", 1st Missouri Confederate Cavalry
John Luther Martin enlisted in the CSA, 1st Missouri Volunteers Cavalry, Co. H. at Des Arc,
Arkansas. He fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, and Big Black. John Luther was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg and captured on the 4th of July in 1863. He was paroled nine days later, promising not to bear arms again against the Union. He died in a field hospital at Vicksburg, on July 15, 1863. It is likely he was buried in a temporary battlefield burial ground at Vicksburg before being reinterred along with 1,600 others at Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery --- in a mass, unmarked grave in the C.S.A. section.
Documented CSA Military Records of John Luther Martin
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the" St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in a field hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a Private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Col. Eugene Erwin (Consolidated with 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburg). ----There were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD: 1861-1862". In the same company "H", 1st Missouri Confederate Cavalry
Arkansas. He fought in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, and Big Black. John Luther was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg and captured on the 4th of July in 1863. He was paroled nine days later, promising not to bear arms again against the Union. He died in a field hospital at Vicksburg, on July 15, 1863. It is likely he was buried in a temporary battlefield burial ground at Vicksburg before being reinterred along with 1,600 others at Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery --- in a mass, unmarked grave in the C.S.A. section.
Documented CSA Military Records of John Luther Martin
John L. Martin from Platte County, Missouri, documented by the" St. Louis Republic" in the March 31st 1895 issue, died on July 15, 1863 in a field hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi after fighting in the Battle of Vicksburg, served as a Private in the Civil War in the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment, under Col. Eugene Erwin (Consolidated with 2nd Regiment), which served under the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. William Wade; Capt. Samuel Farrington; Capt. Richard Walsh (Consolidated with Landis' and Guibor's batteries after Vicksburg). ----There were Confederate troops serving out of Missouri who were also known as "THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD: 1861-1862". In the same company "H", 1st Missouri Confederate Cavalry
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