Honoring a Forgotten Veteran

[lupaglupa]

I stumbled across this charming story of a Civil War veteran from Pennsylvania who is - finally - getting a tombstone which records his service.

Jackson Martin served in Company H of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves. He was captured at the Wilderness and sent to Andersonville. Though he survived the war, Martin struggled in peacetime. He never married, did not get a pension, and was living in the county poorhouse when he died. Family friends buried him in their plot and added his name to an existing tombstone. But he had no military marker.

The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society learned of the oversight, conducted research into Martin's military service and post war life, and obtained a proper tombstone for him. The society will hold a service at the installation of the stone Memorial Day weekend.

The Jackson Martin Memorial Day Weekend Observance – Hosted by the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society

jacksonmartin.prvchs.org

 

[bankerpapaw]

SALUTE!!!

 

[bdtex]

The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society learned of the oversight, conducted research into Martin's military service and post war life, and obtained a proper tombstone for him. The society will hold a service at the installation of the stone Memorial Day weekend.

Outstanding. I learned last year how relatively easy it is to do that.

 

[lupaglupa]

Outstanding. I learned last year how relatively easy it is to do that.

The trick is finding people willing to put in the effort to reserach and apply.

Around us there are numerous stones which have worn away to the point of not being legible. The stones that were used deteriorated in the acid rain we get. In the cemetery where my mother is buried here in town, they have no records for many of the burials and we can see that there are military stones but don't know who the men were. It's sad.

 

[BCS1973]

I stumbled across this charming story of a Civil War veteran from Pennsylvania who is - finally - getting a tombstone which records his service.

Jackson Martin served in Company H of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves. He was captured at the Wilderness and sent to Andersonville. Though he survived the war, Martin struggled in peacetime. He never married, did not get a pension, and was living in the county poorhouse when he died. Family friends buried him in their plot and added his name to an existing tombstone. But he had no military marker.

The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society learned of the oversight, conducted research into Martin's military service and post war life, and obtained a proper tombstone for him. The society will hold a service at the installation of the stone Memorial Day weekend.

The Jackson Martin Memorial Day Weekend Observance – Hosted by the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society

jacksonmartin.prvchs.org

That's interesting. I spent my formative years in and around Dillsburg.

In the course of doing the research for a family stone I purchased a couple years back, I found 2 soldiers with unmarked graves in the same cemetery as my ancestor. Ironically, one of them is the commanding officer of the regiment that my direct ancestor served under. The other, served in three different regiments and may be some unproven relation as he has the same name and came from the same area of Ireland as my direct ancestor. I have the service records of both of those men and it appears to me that both would be eligible for a military marker. Sadly, I've been unable to find any direct family of either man and have wondered if I should try and pursue getting a stone for either of them.

 

[nc native]

My SCV camp is going to have a headstone erected this year in honor of one of the 16,000 Confederate soldiers buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. These graves are marked with numbered stones but research has connected these numbers with who is buried there and which state they came from. We will soon select a soldier from North Carolina to honor and this may become an annual event for our camp.

Oakwood Cemetery is where many of the patients at Chimborazo Hospital who didn't survive were buried.

 

[Ethan S.]

I am a member of the Pennsylvania Reserves society that's doing this (I'm the cameraman for the ceremony).

Everyone is welcome to come and see it and I highly recommend you do!

 

[ErnieMac]

Current Find A Grave link for Jacson Martin. Hopefully the site can be updated after the ceremony.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167285871/jackson-martin

 

[lupaglupa]

I am a member of the Pennsylvania Reserves society that's doing this (I'm the cameraman for the ceremony).

Everyone is welcome to come and see it and I highly recommend you do!

Please take pictures and share them with us!