D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[332] rewarded his services if the war had not come to a sudden close. In civil life, during the years of peace which followed, he was conspicuous as general superintendent of the Wilmington & Manchester railroad, later of the Macon & Brunswick, and finally of the State road of Georgia, now known as the Western & Atlantic. His intense application to the duties of these positions wrecked his strength, and he died at Augusta, Ga., February 1, 1882, at the age of forty-seven years.

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Brigadier-General James Green Martin

Brigadier-General James Green Martin was born at Elizabeth City, N. C., February 14, 89. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1840, number fourteen in the class of which Richard S. Ewell was thirteenth, and George H. Thomas twelfth. With promotion to a lieutenancy in the artillery, he served mainly on the northern coast, on the Maine frontier, and in the coast survey, until he went into the war with Mexico, where he participated in the battles of Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubusco, in the latter losing his right arm. He had previously been promoted captain of staff, and was brevetted major. At the outbreak of the war of 1861, he was on staff duty at Fort Riley. Resigning June 14, 1861, he offered his services to North Carolina, was commissioned captain of cavalry, C. S. A., and appointed adjutant-general of the State, a position in which he rendered valuable service in the organization and equipment of troops. At his suggestion, blockade-running ships were first employed to bring supplies from Europe. On September 28, 1861, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the State forces, with the rank of major-general of militia. With due appreciation of the gravity of the struggle, he raised 12,000 more men than his State's quota, which were found of great service when hastily called into the field in Virginia when McClellan made his advance from Yorktown. After General Martin had completed this work he applied for