Creator	Martin, Asa T., 1837-1862
Title	Asa T. Martin Papers
Description	Asa T. Martin was a farm laborer from Bradford in Coosa County, Alabama. He served as a Confederate soldier in Company B of the Twelfth Alabama Regiment during the Civil War. Martin's regiment was stationed at Manassas Junction, Yorktown and Richmond, Virginia. He was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) on either May 31 or June 1, 1862 and had an arm amputated. He died from his wounds in Richmond on June 26, 1862. Consists of letters written by Private Asa T. Martin to his wife Mary A.E. Martin from June of 1861 to May of 1862. Includes letters written by Martin to R.A. Mizzles (probably Martin's brother-in-law and a soldier in Martin's regiment) and the Mizzles family; letters from Mrs. Joseph S. McGrouder, a nurse at the Confederate hospital in Richmond, to Mrs. Martin informing her of her husband's death and other letters from relatives.
Date	1856-1864
Time Period	1856-1864
LC Subject Headings	Mizzles family Martin, Asa T., 1837-1862 Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 12th Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate Manassas (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
EOA Categories	Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0582
File Name	0582-00-0077cb.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2048890
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge