SERGEANT
JAMES MARTIN, USMC (DECEASED) 

Medal of Honor Citation

Original General Order 

Born: 1826 in Derry, Ireland

Enlisted: 9 July 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medal of Honor awarded: 31 December 1864

Rank at time of award: Sergeant

Separation from Service: Honorably Discharged 27 March 1879

Date of Death: 29 October 1895

Burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Civil War Medal of Honor