Name: John U. Martin
Enlisted in the Confederate Army, Feb.19, 1863. Served in Co. G, 9th FL Infantry. John was furloughed from hospital in Virginia. He was coming home when he was pressed into service, and captured at the fall of Savannah. He was taken to the prison at Point Lookout, MD, and was paroled just before the close of the war in exchange for Federal prisoners. His Pension Application states his disability included..."One arm broken by being shot, one leg broken by falling tree, one eye put totally out by a flying knife...rheumatism from exposure in camp in the service, being short of bedding, and being compelled to sleep on frozen ground".
Enlisted in the Confederate Army, Feb.19, 1863. Served in Co. G, 9th FL Infantry. John was furloughed from hospital in Virginia. He was coming home when he was pressed into service, and captured at the fall of Savannah. He was taken to the prison at Point Lookout, MD, and was paroled just before the close of the war in exchange for Federal prisoners. His Pension Application states his disability included..."One arm broken by being shot, one leg broken by falling tree, one eye put totally out by a flying knife...rheumatism from exposure in camp in the service, being short of bedding, and being compelled to sleep on frozen ground".
Name: John U. Martin
Enlisted in the Confederate Army, Feb.19, 1863. Served in Co. G, 9th FL Infantry. John was furloughed from hospital in Virginia. He was coming home when he was pressed into service, and captured at the fall of Savannah. He was taken to the prison at Point Lookout, MD, and was paroled just before the close of the war in exchange for Federal prisoners. His Pension Application states his disability included..."One arm broken by being shot, one leg broken by falling tree, one eye put totally out by a flying knife...rheumatism from exposure in camp in the service, being short of bedding, and being compelled to sleep on frozen ground".
Enlisted in the Confederate Army, Feb.19, 1863. Served in Co. G, 9th FL Infantry. John was furloughed from hospital in Virginia. He was coming home when he was pressed into service, and captured at the fall of Savannah. He was taken to the prison at Point Lookout, MD, and was paroled just before the close of the war in exchange for Federal prisoners. His Pension Application states his disability included..."One arm broken by being shot, one leg broken by falling tree, one eye put totally out by a flying knife...rheumatism from exposure in camp in the service, being short of bedding, and being compelled to sleep on frozen ground".
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