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You are bidding on this Civil war cabinet photo ( 2 1/2 x 4") and everything else shown.....The photo is of Col. John A. Martin......Very nice condition as shown....Some history on Col. Martin below.....More Kansas History to be listed later today[ edit ] Freedom's Champion In 1857, at the age of 18, he came to Kansas , bought the newspaper known as the Squatter Sovereign , published at Atchison , and changed the name to Freedom's Champion . He continued to publish this paper until his death. He was a firm free-state man and soon became actively identified with the political affairs of the territory. In 1858 he was nominated for the territorial legislature, but declined because he was not yet of legal age. In 1859 he was a delegate to the Osawatomie convention which organized the Republican party in Kansas , and for the remainder of his life he was an unswerving supporter of the principles and policies of that organization. His intelligent activity in political affairs led to his being honored by election or appointment to various positions of trust and responsibility. On July 5, 1859, he was elected secretary of the Wyandotte constitutional convention; was secretary of the railroad convention at Topeka in October, 1860; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of that year, and was elected to the state senate in 1861 . C olonel Martin Before the expiration of his term as senator the Civil war broke out, and in October, 1861, he was mustered into the United States volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry . Early in 1862 he was appointed provost-marshal of Leavenworth and held the position until his regiment was ordered to Corinth, Mississippi, in March. T the 8th Kansas became a part of General Buell 's army, and it remained in the Army of the Cumberland until the close of the war. On November 1, 1862, Lieutenant-Colonel Martin was promoted to full Colonel, and a few weeks later was assigned to duty as provost-marshal of Nashville, Tenn. , which position he filled until the following June. With his command he took part in the battles of Perryville and Battle of Lancaster, Kentucky; the various engagements of the Tullahoma campaign; the sanguinary battle of Chickamauga , w on the second day he was assigned to the command of the Third brigade, First division, XX Corps ; and in November was present at the siege of Chattanooga and the storming of Missionary Ridge . With Gen. Sherman 's army he marched to Atlanta in the memorable campaign of 1864, the line of march being marked by engagements at Rocky Face Ridge , Dalton, Resaca , Kingston, Kennesaw Mountain and various other points. After the fall of Atlanta Colonel Martin's regiment joined in the pursuit of Gen. Hood as he marched northward into Tennessee, w it closed its service. During the closing scenes of his military career Colonel Martin commanded the First brigade, Third division, IV Corps , until he was mustered out at Pulaski, Tenn., November 17, 1864, receiving at that time the rank of brevet brigadier-general "for gallant and meritorious services."John Alexander Martin, the tenth governor of the state of Kansas, was born on March 10, 1839, to Jane and James Martin, a justice of the peace and postmaster, at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. T he received a common school and printing office education--the latter as an apprentice and finally local editor with the Brownsville Clipper. In 1857, at the age of eighteen, and after a short stint with the Commercial Journal of Pittsburgh, Martin left his family and his native Pennsylvania to join the struggle for a "Free Kansas."Choosing the river city of Atchison as his new home, Martin purchased the Squatter Sovereign purchased in February 1858. The former virulent newspaper voice of proslavery in the territory had come into free-state hands about a year earlier when it was purchased from Kelly and Stringfellow by Robert McBratney, Franklin G. Adams, Samuel C. Pomeroy, and Thaddeus Hyatt; after Pomeroy gained compl... read more

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