Soldier:  Harmon M. Martin

Regiment:  101^st. 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