Asa T. Martin Papers
Content Description
A collection of 46 items. Civil War letters related to Private Asa T. Martin.
Dates
- 1856 - 1864
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research
Biographical / Historical
Asa T. Martin was from Bradford in Coosa County, Alabama. He served as a Confederate soldier in the 12th Alabama Regiment during the Civil War. Martin's regiment fought in Virginia and he served at Manassas Junction and Yorktown, Virginia. He wounded in May or June 1862 and had an arm amputated at a Richmond hospital. He died from his wounds on June 26, 1862.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (1 half-sized document box )
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Physical Description
Good condition. Letters in accession 21-010 were laminated at some point.
Processing Information
Accession 00-077 processed by Anthony Donaldson, 1/10/2000. Accession 21-010 processed by Brucie Porter, January 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Asa T. Martin Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 582
- Status
- In Progress
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
