Trivia 3-11-2020

[Trivia Master]

Before the war I was a graduate of the University of Virginia. After graduation I was a Professor at University of North Carolina. I helped classify a collection of rocks. I helped teach students at University of North Carolina the military arts. I started the war as Captain and ended the war with the rank of Colonel. I was wounded four times. After the war I helped found a high school in Tennessee. I next served Davidson College as a Professor and on the Administrative level before my retirement. Who am I and what regiment was I Colonel of?

credit: @gentlemanrob

 

[hughes]

William Martin
11th North Carolina

 

[DBF]

You Are: William Joseph Martin (1830-1896)
Your Regiment: as Captain - 28th North Carolina Infantry; as Colonel - the 11th North Carolina Infantry or the Bethel Regiment.
Source

 

[stuart1861]

William Joseph Martin, 11th North Carolina.

 

[captaindrew]

William Joseph Martin, 11th North Carolina https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/martin-william-joseph

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) You are William Joseph Martin
2) Your regiment was the 11th North Carolina Infantry

Martin, William Joseph

11 Dec. 1830–23 Mar. 1896 An engraving of William Joseph Martin published in 1887. Image from the Internet Archive. William Joseph Martin, educator

www.ncpedia.org

From:
The 11th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster
von William Thomas Venner
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[Wallyfish]

William Joseph Martin - 28th North Carolina

Martin joined Company G, composed of Orange County men, Twenty-eighth Regiment of North Carolina Troops, on 2 Sept. 1861. In April 1862 he was promoted to the rank of major and in May was transferred to the Eleventh Regiment as a lieutenant colonel.

Martin source

Edit - Response revised in post # 9.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

William Joseph Martin.
Started his service as Captain of G Company 28th N.C, promoted in April 1862 and transferred to 11th North Carolina as Lt. Colonel and Colonel from April 1864.

Martin, William Joseph

11 Dec. 1830–23 Mar. 1896 An engraving of William Joseph Martin published in 1887. Image from the Internet Archive. William Joseph Martin, educator

www.ncpedia.org

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[Wallyfish]

I went back and reread the question, I am changing my answer to show Martin was Colonel of the 11th North Carolina.

While he entered service with the 28th, he was not their colonel.

Colonel 11th NC source

 

[WJC]

Before the war I was a graduate of the University of Virginia. After graduation I was a Professor at University of North Carolina. I helped classify a collection of rocks. I helped teach students at University of North Carolina the military arts. I started the war as Captain and ended the war with the rank of Colonel. I was wounded four times. After the war I helped found a high school in Tennessee. I next served Davidson College as a Professor and on the Administrative level before my retirement. Who am I and what regiment was I Colonel of?

credit: @gentlemanrob

William J. Martin (1830-1896), 11th North Carolina Infantry.

 

[Kurt G]

1. William Joseph Martin
2.28th North Carolina

Edit - Martin did serve in the 28th North Carolina, but did not hold the rank of colonel until he transferred to the 11th North Carolina.

hoosier

 

[General Casey]

William Joseph Martin
11th North Carolina

 

[Michigander]

1. William Joseph Martin
2. 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment (Bethel Regiment)
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[JOHN42768]

Col. W.J. Martin 11th N.C.

 

[luinrina]

You are William Joseph Martin (11 Dec. 1830–23 Mar. 1896). You mustered in as Captain of Co. G of the 28th North Carolina Infantry and ended the war as Colonel of the 11th North Carolina Infantry.

Source: https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/martin-william-joseph

 

[hoosier]

Your name was William Joseph Martin and you were colonel of the Eleventh North Carolina Infantry.

 

[sarladaise]

You are William Joseph Martin
You were the Colonel of the 11th North Carolina "Bethel" Regiment

 

[lupaglupa]

William Joseph Martin; Colonel Eleventh Reg't NC Troops

 

[Llewellyn]

Before the war I was a graduate of the University of Virginia. After graduation I was a Professor at University of North Carolina. I helped classify a collection of rocks. I helped teach students at University of North Carolina the military arts. I started the war as Captain and ended the war with the rank of Colonel. I was wounded four times. After the war I helped found a high school in Tennessee. I next served Davidson College as a Professor and on the Administrative level before my retirement. Who am I and what regiment was I Colonel of?

credit: @gentlemanrob

William J Martin

11th North Carolina

 

[lelliott19]

William Joseph Martin (11 December 1830 - 23 March 1896)
11th North Carolina Infantry
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