William T. Martin Papers, 1816 (1861-1865) -1932

William T. Martin belonged to a farm family from Pickens District, South Carolina. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, his father Oliver Martin (b. 1817) was a widower with with five children in his household. Their mother had died on November 13, 1867. The oldest son William T. Martin (b. ca. 1842) served as a private in Co. F, 1st Regiment, Orr’s Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers. William's regiment was in the Charleston area from the Fall of 1861 to May 1862, when it was transferred to Richmond, Virginia. His regiment helped build the gunboat Palmetto State. In Virginia, William engaged in the Seven Day's Battles (July 1862) before he became ill and died of “camp fever” in a Richmond hospital on August 5, 1862. The majority of letters in this collection were written by William T. Martin to his father and family back home, including sisters Mary E. (b. 1844), Elizabeth Jane (b. 1846), Anna (b. 1849), and John F. Martin (b. 1855). There are also letters written by Oliver Martin and other family members to William, as well as letters by soldiers serving with William. Oliver Martin apparently remarried in the early part of the war (c. 1860-1861), and his new wife was named Elizabeth. Oliver himself was in service in Barnett's 2nd Battalion of the South Carolina Reserves in January 1864.

Archive: 
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Other: 
Collection No. 466

Letters

Displaying 1 - 25 of 64
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11273 W.T.Martin1 September 11, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Summerville, SC Pickens County, SC
11274 W.T.Martin2 September 16, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11275 W.T.Martin3 September 29, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11276 W.T.Martin4 October 6, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11277 W.T.Martin5 October 9, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11278 W.T.Martin6 October 13, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11279 W.T.Martin7 October 18, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11280 W.T.Martin8 October 21, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11281 W.T.Martin9 October 27, 1861 Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC Charleston County, SC
11282 W.T.Martin10 November 6, 1861 M. A. Phillips William T. Martin Anderson County, SC Charleston County, SC
11283 W.T.Martin11 November 8, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11284 W.T.Martin12 November 10, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11285 W.T.Martin13 November 13, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11286 W.T.Martin14 November 15, 1861 Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
11287 W.T.Martin15 November 17, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11288 W.T.Martin16 November 29, 1861 Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC
11289 W.T.Martin17 December 4, 1861 H. T. Reeder William T. Martin Pickens County, SC
11290 W.T.Martin18 December 11, 1861 William T. Martin Mary E. Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11291 W.T.Martin19 December 15, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11292 W.T.Martin20 December 19, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11293 W.T.Martin21 December 21, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11294 W.T.Martin22 December 22, 1861 M. A. Phillips William T. Martin Anderson County, SC Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
11295 W.T.Martin23 December 25, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin , John Freeman Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11296 W.T.Martin24 December 29, 1861 Oliver Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
11297 W.T.Martin25 December 31, 1861 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC

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