Martin L. Jenkins
Residence Menasha WI;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Corporal.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. WI 10th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 11/3/1864
He was listed as: Wounded 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
1st Sergt
His steady course of industrial activity was interrupted by the Civil War, in which he took part as a soldier of the North, enlisting at Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., in 1861, as a member of Company C. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, and being mustered in at Milwaukee. The regiment was sent to Louisville, Ky., and he subsequently took part in a number of hard fought battles, serving three years and two months.
He was twice wounded; first at the battle of Stone River, where a bullet struck him in the left jaw, inflicting a severe wound, from which he slowly recovered in the hospital at Nashville. The family still have the bullet in their possession. His second wound, in the left ankle, was received at Chickamauga, and he spent some time in the hospitals at Chattanooga and Nashville. At the close of the war he was mustered out at Milwaukee, and returned to Calumet County.
On Nov. 16, 1863, Martin L. Jenkins was married to Helen A. Scott, who was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1842, daughter of Ephram W. and Sarah (Averil) Scott.
He died February 24, 1928.
Source: http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios2/207.htm
Residence Menasha WI;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Corporal.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. WI 10th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 11/3/1864
He was listed as: Wounded 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
1st Sergt
His steady course of industrial activity was interrupted by the Civil War, in which he took part as a soldier of the North, enlisting at Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., in 1861, as a member of Company C. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, and being mustered in at Milwaukee. The regiment was sent to Louisville, Ky., and he subsequently took part in a number of hard fought battles, serving three years and two months.
He was twice wounded; first at the battle of Stone River, where a bullet struck him in the left jaw, inflicting a severe wound, from which he slowly recovered in the hospital at Nashville. The family still have the bullet in their possession. His second wound, in the left ankle, was received at Chickamauga, and he spent some time in the hospitals at Chattanooga and Nashville. At the close of the war he was mustered out at Milwaukee, and returned to Calumet County.
On Nov. 16, 1863, Martin L. Jenkins was married to Helen A. Scott, who was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1842, daughter of Ephram W. and Sarah (Averil) Scott.
He died February 24, 1928.
Source: http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios2/207.htm
Martin L. Jenkins
Residence Menasha WI;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Corporal.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. WI 10th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 11/3/1864
He was listed as: Wounded 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
1st Sergt
His steady course of industrial activity was interrupted by the Civil War, in which he took part as a soldier of the North, enlisting at Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., in 1861, as a member of Company C. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, and being mustered in at Milwaukee. The regiment was sent to Louisville, Ky., and he subsequently took part in a number of hard fought battles, serving three years and two months.
He was twice wounded; first at the battle of Stone River, where a bullet struck him in the left jaw, inflicting a severe wound, from which he slowly recovered in the hospital at Nashville. The family still have the bullet in their possession. His second wound, in the left ankle, was received at Chickamauga, and he spent some time in the hospitals at Chattanooga and Nashville. At the close of the war he was mustered out at Milwaukee, and returned to Calumet County.
On Nov. 16, 1863, Martin L. Jenkins was married to Helen A. Scott, who was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1842, daughter of Ephram W. and Sarah (Averil) Scott.
He died February 24, 1928.
Source: http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios2/207.htm
Residence Menasha WI;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Corporal.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. WI 10th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 11/3/1864
He was listed as: Wounded 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
Sergt
1st Sergt
His steady course of industrial activity was interrupted by the Civil War, in which he took part as a soldier of the North, enlisting at Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., in 1861, as a member of Company C. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, and being mustered in at Milwaukee. The regiment was sent to Louisville, Ky., and he subsequently took part in a number of hard fought battles, serving three years and two months.
He was twice wounded; first at the battle of Stone River, where a bullet struck him in the left jaw, inflicting a severe wound, from which he slowly recovered in the hospital at Nashville. The family still have the bullet in their possession. His second wound, in the left ankle, was received at Chickamauga, and he spent some time in the hospitals at Chattanooga and Nashville. At the close of the war he was mustered out at Milwaukee, and returned to Calumet County.
On Nov. 16, 1863, Martin L. Jenkins was married to Helen A. Scott, who was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1842, daughter of Ephram W. and Sarah (Averil) Scott.
He died February 24, 1928.
Source: http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios2/207.htm
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