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].