REMARKABLE IDENTIFIED PERSONAL ITEM GROUPING – GEORGE MARTIN, 22ND PA CAVALRY

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This is the chance to collect a singularly unique grouping of personal items identified to Private George Martin of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry.  The grouping includes George’s personal bible with penciled drawings of the inside cover and first leaf, a matching knife and fork pairing, a powder flask with corded strap, a carbine socket, mess tin/plate, a trimmed CDV of George in a photo case with a 1/6 plate tintype of an older man behind it, and a CDV of his George’s wife.  The photo case is missing a small tack on the upper hinge but is fully complete while the photograph of his wife is loose but is labeled “Grand Mother Martin”.  Included is a vintage note of provenance from George’s great grandchildren.

A carpenter by trade, in 1864 he stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and blue eyes. His whereabouts in 1860 are unknown, but it is likely that he was living in or near Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 25, 1864, as a private with Co. L, 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry. On June 24, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. L, 3rd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company August 29, 1865.

He married Nannie R. Snyder June 25, 1868, at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, and fathered William Nevin (b. 04/12/69), Dora Ellen (.b. 12/25/70), George Napoleon (b. 03/23/73, 11/02/73), Harry E. C. (b. 10/02/74), Napoleon Snyder (b. 01/04/79), Glen Roy (b. 01/16/87), Elizabeth Craig (b. 06/10/89), Lewis Bender (b. 07/19/91), and Laila Bell (b. 10/05/96, d. 11/09/96)

Service History of the 22nd:

Organized at Chambersburg February, 1864, by consolidation of a Battalion of six months Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion of five Companies, Washington County Cavalry Company and LaFayette Cavalry Company, assigned February 22, 1864. Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va., March 1, 1864, thence to Cumberland, Md. Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to April. 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to August, 1864. (Dismounted men attached to Reserve Division, Pleasant Valley, Md., Dept. West Virginia, to June, 1864. Kelly's Command, West Virginia, to August, 1864.) 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah, August, 1864 (dismounted men). 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.

Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16, 1864. Lost River Gap May 10. Lynchburg May 12. New Market May 15. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Piedmont, Mt. Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. Lynchburg May 17-18. Newtown June 19. Salem June 20. Catawba Mountains June 21. (Dismounted men moved to Pleasant Valley April, 1864, and duty there till May 15. At Camp Stoneman till June. Moved to Martinsburg June 16. Leetown and Darkesville July 3. Operations about Harper's Ferry July 4-7. Hagerstown, Md., July 6. Maryland Heights July 6-7. Antietam Bridge July 7. Ordered to Pleasant Valley July 22. Joined Torbert August 8.) Moved to Shenandoah Valley July 5-15. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Ashby's Gap and Berry's Ford July 19. Near Kernstown July 23. Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Bunker Hill and Martinsburg July 25. Near Moorefield August 7. Regiment reunite at Hagerstown August. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Near Opequan Creek August 19. Opequan Creek August 20. Near Berryville August 21. Summit Point August 21. Charlestown August 21-22. Williamspor August 26. Martinsburg August 31. Darkesville September 2. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Near Martinsburg September 18. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September 24. Brown's Gap September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Port Republic September 28. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Dry Run October 23. Moved to Martinsburg, and duty there till December 20. At New Creek and duty in Hardy, Hampshire and Pendleton Counties till June, 1865. Scout to Greenland Gap and Franklin January 11-15, 1865. Scout to Moorefield March 14-17, 1865. Consolidated with 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry June 24, 1865, to form 3rd Provisional Cavalry.  [cm][ph:L]

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