James P. Martin

Birth Date

1836

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John M. Martin and Elizabeth Martin. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in July 1860. Brevetted second lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment from July 1860 to December 1860. Second lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment from December 1860 to May 1861. First lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment from May 1861 to January 1863. Captain in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment from January 1863 to July 1863. Brevetted major in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment from July 1863 to July 1865. Brevetted lieutenant colonel from July 1865 to November 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville 8th Ward, p. 144. George Washington Cullman, Biographical Register of the Officers: And Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy from 1802 to 1867 (Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1879), 511.

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