B J. Martin enlisted as a Private in Company I, 9th South Carolina Infantry November 1, 1861 at McLean's Ford, received pay and bounty February 11, 1862, no further records
The 9th (also called the 2nd) Regiment South Carolina Infantry was organized July 12, 1861. It was not re-organized for the war but most of its members subsequently served in the 5th and 6th Regiments South Carolina Infantry and Palmetto Regiment South Carolina Sharp Shooters.
9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
9th Infantry Regiment [also called Pee Dee Legion or Pee Dee Rifles] was formed during the spring of 1862 with men who had served in Nesbit's Battalion State Troops. The unit was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and in the fight at Secessionville lost 3 killed, 23 wounded, and 3 missing. Later it merged into the 26th South Carolina Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel A.D. Smith, and M
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B J. Martin enlisted as a Corporal in Company H, South Carolina Palmetto SharpShooters, wounded in left arm May 13, 1862 in Battle of Seven Pines, recorded at home on October 31, 1862, discharged January 20, 1863 by Examining Board at Columbia, S. C.,
Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (Jenkins') (1st Palmetto)
Palmetto Regiment Sharpshooters was organized in April, 1862, with transfers from the 2nd, 5th, and 9th South Carolina Infantry Regiments. Send to Virginia, the unit was assigned to General R.H. Anderson's, Jenkins', and Bratton's Brigade. It fought with the army from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, served at Suffolk and in North Carolina, then saw action at Chickamauga and Knoxville. Returning to Virginia, it continued the fight at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox. It lost 9 killed and 74 wounded at Gaines' Mill and sixty-eight percent of the 375 engaged at Frayser's Farm. The regiment reported 2 casualties at South Mountain, 65 at Sharpsburg, 4 at Fredericksburg, and 44 at Wauhatchie. It surrendered 29 officers and 356 men. The field officers were Colonels Micah Jenkins and Joseph Walker; Lieutenant Colonel John W. Goss; and Majors William Anderson, William W. Humphreys, and Franklin W. Kilpatrick.
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Benjamin Jasper Martin enlisted/elected/volunteered as a Private in Company L, 19th South Carolina Infantry March 3, 1863 at Shelbyville, Tennessee, last recorded present on the March/April 1864 muster roll, there were no further muster rolls for the company
19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
19th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862. It moved to Mississippi, then to Kentucky where it saw action at Munfordsville. The unit was brigaded under Generals Manigault and Sharp and from September, 1863, to April 1864, was consolidated with the 10th Regiment. It served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, fought with Hood in Tennessee, and was active in the North Carolina operations. The regiment lost 8 killed and 72 wounded at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th sustained 236 casualites at Chickamauga and totalled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 22-28, the 19th reported 12 killed, 60 wounded, and 25 missing, and there were 9 killed, 34 wounded, and 8 missing at Ezra Church. It surrendered on April 26, 1865, with 76 men. The field officers were Colonels Augustus J. Lythgoe, W.C. Moragne, James F. Pressley, and T.S. Shaw; Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Jones; and Majors John A. Crowder, Tillman Watson, and James L. White.