Hamilton Beecher Martin, Pvt, CSA

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Kit #391208 Joseph Martin, B. 1760 D. 24 April 1833 R-FTB64834

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Biography

Hamilton Beecher Martin was born in 1832 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. His parents were James Martin and Alsey Martin (Gill). He was a Planter and farmer who died at the young age of 30 years old, not
seeing his two young son's grow up and marry. He left a young wife behind that his long time friend, Ransom Carlisle, that fought beside him during the war came back home and married.

Hamilton married Tabitha Selitty Martin (Jordan) circa 1857 in Lawrence, Newton County, Mississippi, United States. Together they had the following children:

1. Thomas Jefferson Martin; not to be confused with his uncle, Capt. Thomas Jefferson Martin..
2. William Lafayette Martin.

He died during the Civil War in 1863, as a POW, his brother was a commanding officer, who reported after the war to the family. * Captain Thomas Jefferson Martin; His FOLD3 Military records are attached.

Captain — Richmond O. Byrne Captain Thomas Jefferson Martin* Captain Thomas Jefferson Martin; 2nd Lieutenant — Minor E. Tynes 3rd Lieutenant — Lewis Clark Maxwell [https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000151497130822]

By late 1862, Vicksburg was the most important Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Situated upon bluffs overlooking a bend in the river, Vicksburg bristled with defense batteries and presented a formidable obstacle to Union General U.S. Grant as he set about to open the river to the Union. “Vicksburg is the key”, said President Lincoln, and “the War can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket”.

Grant faced Lt. General John C. Pemberton in command of 50,000 entrenched Confederate troops surrounding the fortress city. Failed Union initiatives at Chickasaw Bluffs, Yazoo Pass, and Duckport made it apparent why Vicksburg was known as the ‘Gibraltar of the Confederacy”.

Grant decides to assemble Union forces south of Vicksburg, mobilize on the east bank of the Mississippi and attack Vicksburg from the east. This required Rear Admiral David Porter’s fleet to run the gauntlet past the defensive guns at Vicksburg and, farther south, bombard the Grand Gulf in an attempt to secure a landing.

Finally, on April 30th, 1863, Grant’s troops came ashore on the east bank of the river in a massive amphibious landing at Bruinsburg. The Union invasion had begun.

Grant’s diversionary tactics and victories at Port Gibson, Raymond, and Jackson stretch Pemberton’s army dangerously thin. On May 16th, a crucial battle at Champion Hill brings Union forces closer to Vicksburg. (See an extensive and detailed account of this battle on CivilWarAlbum.com- Champion Hill)

After another confrontation at Big Black River, Union forces attempt to take the city by assault but suffer heavy casualties. Grant orders Vicksburg placed under siege and closes all supply routes. The 47-day siege causes great suffering among Confederate civilians and soldiers alike and finally, on July 4th, 1863, Pemberton surrenders. The six-month campaign and siege claim 19,000 casualties and deal a crippling blow to the Confederacy. Note: The family of Hamilton B. Martin said he perished during the Vicksburg Campaign; we know by 1863 he was deceased. His Military records match that he died of either battle wounds or illness during this time. FOLD3 He was taken POW at the battlefield and died in New Orleans, LA on August 1, 1863, of illness.

References
yDNA R-M417 sub R-M207 3rd Great-grandson Ira Lee Martin

• [https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000151497130822] Johnson Guards Rosters
• FOLD 3
• [https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173901145091] "Johnson Guards" Company C — Lawrence County 33rd Mississippi
• [http://www.civilwaralbum.com/vicksburg/index.htm] About Battle at Vicksburg

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 26 2018, 9:02:25 UTC
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• Residence: Lawrence County, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States - 1850
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• Residence: Lawrence County, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States - 1850
• Residence: Lawrence County, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States - 1850
• Residence: Lawrence, Mississippi, United States - 1860