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William Martin fought for the 65th Georgia Infantry, Company G, in the Gist Brigade. Martin is buried in the Georgia Section #80 at McGavock Confederate Cemetery, plot #53.
Writing about the 65th Georgia at Franklin, Jacobson says:
“Captain William G. Foster of the 65th Georgia managed to get his regiment’s flag on top of the enemy’s works, but the staff was shot in two and the banner fell to the earth.. Foster determinedly picked it up and battled on. A participant said it was the most desperate fighting imaginable… Lt. Col. Isaac Sherwood of the 11th Ohio faced the storm and remembered vividly how the line to his left was broken and the troops there were forced back in confusion [For Cause and For Country; p. 332].
Some Confederates managed to survive the bloodbath at Franklin being captured. The two soldiers on the left prisoners of war casualties at Franklin.
L/R are Charles H. Bailey (49th TN), Edmond R. Read (49th TN), and Charles D. Shanklin (23rd TN, did not fight at Franklin).
The 49th TN had 129 effective fighting men at Franklin. 20 were killed, 36 wounded and 36 were missing (either killed or captured). At least eight identified 49th boys rest in McGavock. The 49th TN was part of Quarles’ Brigade.
Picture credit: Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Tennessee in the Civil War, McCaslin, 2007: p. 242.
