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 26 - 50 of 64
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11298 W.T.Martin26 January 2, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11299 W.T.Martin27 January 5, 1862 Mary E. Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
11300 W.T.Martin28 January 5, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11301 W.T.Martin29 January 10, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11302 W.T.Martin30 January 10, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11303 W.T.Martin31 January 13, 1862 William T. Martin Mary E. Martin , Anna Martin , Oliver Martin , Elizabeth Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11304 W.T.Martin32 January 15, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11305 W.T.Martin33 January 20, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11306 W.T.Martin34 January 26, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11307 W.T.Martin35 January 29, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11308 W.T.Martin36 February 6, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11309 W.T.Martin37 February 10, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11310 W.T.Martin38 February 17, 1862 Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin William T. Martin Pickens County, SC Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC
11311 W.T.Martin39 March 2, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin , Mary E. Martin , Elizabeth Jane Martin , Anna Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11312 W.T.Martin40 March 8, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11313 W.T.Martin41 March 10, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11314 W.T.Martin42 March 21, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11315 W.T.Martin43 March 24, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11316 W.T.Martin44 April 3, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11317 W.T.Martin45 April 14, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11318 W.T.Martin46 April 16, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11319 W.T.Martin47 April 19, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, SC Pickens County, SC
11320 W.T.Martin48 May 16, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Spotsylvania County, VA Pickens County, SC
11321 W.T.Martin49 May 19, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Spotsylvania County, VA Pickens County, SC
11322 W.T.Martin50 May 31, 1862 William T. Martin Oliver Martin Richmond County, VA Pickens County, SC

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