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The following information should begin to answer you query. To garner more information you should order his service record files which may be obtained through the service noted above.

George Martin

G S. Griffin

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"B" Co. AR 9th Infantry

He is listed in Co. B and also Co. F

George Martin

The 9th Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, about July 20, 1861, with ten companies from southeast Arkansas. The regiment was nicknamed the “Parsons Regiment” because of the fact that over 40 ministers from various Protestant denominations served in the ranks. The regiment served east of the Mississippi River throughout the war, much of the time in Reynolds’ Brigade in the Army of Tennessee, and fought at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Baker’s Creek, Coffeeville, Jackson, Resaca, Franklin, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville. The 9th Arkansas lost 132 men at Shiloh, and was forced to consolidate two of its companies. By April 1865, the regiment was so depleted from battle losses that the remnants of the 9th Arkansas were consolidated into two companies and attached to the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. This little remnant of a once 1000-strong regiment surrendered at Jamestown, North Carolina, on May 1, 1865. For further information, we highly recommend James Willis’ outstanding regimental history of the 9th Arkansas and Reynolds’ Brigade, “Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater”. A fine monument memoralizing the 9th Arkansas Regiment can be seen at the White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery, a few miles east of Pine Bluff.—Edward G. Gerdes and Bryan Howerton, researchers.

Rosters.

Field and Staff
Co. A—Jefferson County (The Bradley Guards)
Co. B (old) —Drew County (The Cut-Off Guards)
Co. B (new) —Drew County (The Confederate Grays)
Co. C—Jefferson County (The Henry Hornets)
Co. D—Bradley County
Co. E—Bradley County
Co. F—Drew County (The Dixie Guards)
Co. G—Union County (The Arkansas Travellers)
Co. H—Jefferson County (The Hardee Guards)
Co. I (old)—Jefferson County (The McCulloch Guards)
Co. I (new)—Mississippi County (The Osceola Hornets)
Co. K—Ashley County
[http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/9thinf_hist.html]

9th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry

9th Infantry Regiment was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in July 1861, and was known as the "Parson's Regiment" because it contained forty-two ministers. Its companies were recruited in Jefferson, Union, Drew, Bradley, and Ashley counties. The 9th fought at Belmont, moved east of the Mississippi River, then took an active part in the conflicts at Shiloh, Corinth, and Coffeeville. It served under Generals Rust, Buford, and Beall in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and saw action at Champion's Hill, Jackson, and Port Hudson where it was captured on July 9, 1863. After being exchanged and assigned to General D. H. Reynold's Brigade, the unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Kennesaw Mountain to Bentonville. It reported 17 killed and 115 wounded at Shiloh and 16 casualties at Coffeeville. Many were disabled at Nashville and Bentonville, and on April 26, 1865, the regiment surrendered. The field officers were Colonels John M. Bradley and Isaac L. Dunlop; Lieutenant Colonels W. Y. McCammon, R. W. Millsap, and Jefferson W. Rogers; and Majors John C. Bratton and William J. Wallace.

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