(Legacy) Martin's Surrender
N 35° 29.182 W 082° 59.420
17S E 319448 N 3928802
This historical marker stands on South Main Street in Waynesville, North Carolina
Waymark Code: WMEKF2
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2012
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General James G. Martin, born in Elizabeth County in 1819 completed study in 1840 at the United States Military Academy, where he ranked fourteenth out of his class of forty-two. Martin was stationed in Maine for about six years after his graduation. He served during the Mexican War and lost an arm at the Battle of Churubusco. In 1847 he was promoted to captain, and served until 1861 when North Carolina seceded. Martin resigned from the U.S. Army and, in September 1861, became the commander of North Carolina forces in the Confederate Army. He was able to raise about 12,000 more troops than the North Carolina state quota; he drove the federal forces from Newport, in the fall of 1863, and pushed the Union soldiers out of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. His troops called him “Old One Wing” due to his lost right arm.
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The Text of this marker reads:
"Gen. James G. Martin surrendered the army of western North Carolina, the last Confederate force in the state, in Waynesville, May 6, 1865."
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