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Joseph Plumb Martin (also spelled as Joseph Plum Martin; [6] November 21, 1760 – May 2, 1850) was a soldier in the Connecticut Militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was mustered out as a 23-year-old Sergeant in a Sapper company. His published narrative of his experiences, re-discovered in the 1950s, has ...
Revolutionary War soldier Joseph Plumb Martin noted: We were here [New Jersey] at the time the "dark day" happened, (19th of May;) it has been said that the darkness was not so great in New-Jersey as in New-England.
Joseph Martin (general) (1740–1808), American Revolutionary War general from Virginia Joseph Plumb Martin (1760–1850), American soldier and memoir writer Joseph M. Martin (born 1962), U.S. Army officer
Joseph Plumb Martin served in this regiment from 1777 until he was assigned to the Light Infantry in 1778, and then the Corps of Sappers and Miners in 1780. [4] He published his memoirs about his experiences in 1830. Samuel Mattocks commanded a company in the 8th Connecticut with the rank of Captain.
Diarist Joseph Plumb Martin described him as "an excellent officer, much beloved and respected by the troops of the Line he belonged to." Under Stewart, the regiment operated along the New York-New Jersey border and moved to Middlebrook, New Jersey , in early December for the winter of 1778-79.
LCCN 2007036379., on Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1760-1850. Martin, James Kirby, ed. (2012). Ordinary courage : the Revolutionary War adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin. with an essay "The Revolutionary War Soldier on Film" by Karen Guenther (Fourth ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN 9781444351354. LCCN 2011051679
The School Library Journal in a review of A Young Patriot, called it "An outstanding example of history brought to life through the experience of one individual" [1] and Booklist wrote "Although source notes would have been a welcome addition, young readers researching the military and social history of the American Revolution will find this an excellent resource."
Scheer, George F. Private Yankee Doodle: A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier [Joseph Plumb Martin]. (1962). Wehmann, Howard H. (1989) A guide to pre-federal records in the National Archives. National Archives and Records Administration. Weig, Melvin J. (1950).