Name: MARTIN, BENJAMIN J.
Rank: 2nd Corporal
Enlisted: 3 July 1861 at Westville, Dale County, Alabama; age 19
Service History: Present: Winchester 1862/05/25, Cross Keys 1862/06/08, Cold Harbor 1862/06/27, Malvern Hill 1862/07/02, Cedar Mountain 1862/08/09, Hazel River 1862/08/23, Manassas Junction 1862/08/27, Manassas Plains 1862/08/28-30, Fredericksburg 1862/12/13, Suffolk 1863/05/06, Gettysburg 1863/07/02-03, Battle Mount 1863/07/24, Chickamauga 1863/09/20, Raccoon Mountain 1863/10/27, Lookout Valley 1863/10/28, Campbell Station 1863/11/16, Knoxville 1863/11/20 & 29, Dandridge 1864/01/16, Wilderness 1864/05/06, Spottsylvania 1864/05/08 & 12, Cold Harbor 1864/06/03, Chester Station 1864/06/17, Deep Bottom 1864/08/14, Fussell Mill 1864/08/16, Fort Gilmer 1864/09/29, Fort Harrison 1864/09/30, Darbytown 1864/10/07, Darbytown Road 1864/10/13, Present: Williamsburg Road 1864/10/27;Absent Detail: Chantilly 1862/09/01, Harpers Ferry 1862/09/13, Sharpsburg 1862/09/17, Shepards Town 1862/09/19, Chickamauga 1863/09/19. Residence: Westville, Alabama. Promoted 2nd Corporal 1864/07/08.
Date of Birth: 15 August 1842	Place of Birth: North Carolina
Date of Death:	Place of Death:
Buried:
Father: Haywood Martin (b North Carolina)
Mother: Emily Dixon (b Johnston County, North Carolina), daughter of Patrick Dixon and Mary Delaney Hill
Spouse(s): Single at time of enlistment
Children:
Occupation: Farmer
Residence(s):
Other: Brother of James Martin
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming	E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net