Location:
State Highway 144
Calhoun County, Alabama
N 33° 47.016 W085° 55.998
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22352
Date of Visit: April 21, 2024
AJ McCurdy
Corp. Co F 62 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 22 1833 May 26 1926
Robert J Huggins
Serg
SC Infantry (maybe Company H, 26th South Carolina Infantry)
Confederate States Army
1834 1908
William H Sheid
Pvt Co A Turney's Tenn Infantry
Confederate States Army
Dec 23 1840 Sep 20 1904
Thomas H Martin
Serg Co D 10 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 22 1838 Apr 17 1909
William J Martin
Pvt Co G 10 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 18 1844 Sept 17 1862
In Crook Cemetery there is a tombstone that was likely erected by the parents or family of William J. Martin.
The inscription:
In Memory of
William J. Martin
Son of Irvin and Annie Martin
Born Dec 18, 1844
A Confederate Solider Who Died
In the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD
Sept 17, 1862 and Sleeps In
Unknown Northern Grave.
William J. Martin was an 18 year old student in Alexandria who enlisted on March 1, 1862 as a member of Company D "The Alexandria Rifles" of the 10th Alabama Infantry regiment. At the Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam the 10th Alabama was in Wilcox's Brigade of R.H. Anderson's Division. The 10th was thrown into battle along the Sunken Road where they lost half their strength. This is where William was likely killed.
- "Tenth Alabama Infantry," Gem of the Hills Historian (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.gemofthehillshistorian.com/about-4-2
- "William J. Martin (1844-1862)" Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20723
- "Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command (5 AM 17 September to 1 PM 17 September), Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024.
- Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48178920/william_j-martin: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for William J Martin (18 Dec 1844–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48178920, citing Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Richard Finch (contributor 47087379).
