Soldier: Harmon M. Martin
Regiment: 101st. OVI
Company: C
Age: 24
Date Entering Service: August 9, 1862, Camp Monroeville, Ohio
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Captured at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia on September 20, 1863; imprisoned at Andersonville prison, Andersonville, Ga. Mustered out on June 9, 1865 at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. While not stated, he most likely that he was imprisoned until March of 1865, with most of that being at Andersonville.
Battles in which he fought:
Perryville, Ky. October 8, 1862
Nolensville, Tenn. Dec. 26, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 29, 1862 to Jan. 2, 1863
Tullahoma Campaign June 23-30, 1863
Liberty Gap, Tenn. June 25-27, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 19-20, 1863
Other interesting information discovered: Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 236. By 1870, Martin had moved to Wakeman, Ohio, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Date of Death: March 17, 1911
Place of burial: Wakeman Twp. Cemetery, Wakeman, OH
Adopted By: Stephen Conaway
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
