Martin Gentry Haggard

  Events

• He served in the military. 7 Battery, Indiana Light Artillery.
Entered : Private
Left: Private
Union
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 02 December 1861
Enlisted in 7th Light Artillery Regiment Indiana Union on 02 December 1861
Mustered out on 07 December 1864 in Chattanooga, TN Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. (INRoster) Published in 1865-66 by Holloway

Regimental History
Seventh Light Battery INDIANA (3-YEARS)
Seventh Light Battery. -- Capts., Samuel T. Harris, George R. Swallow, Otho H. Morgan, William Stokes.

This battery was organized at Indianapolis in Nov., 1861, and was mustered in Dec. 2. It was ordered to Louisville, where it was assigned to Nelson's division of Buell's army, with
which it moved to Nashville, just after the evacuation in Feb., 1862. From there it moved to Pittsburg landing, but arrived too late to take part in the battle of Shiloh. Captain. Harris resigned and Lieut. Swallow was promoted captain. The battery was
actively engaged in the siege of Corinth, and after its evacuation moved to Huntsville, Ala., where it spent the summer. It then joined in the pursuit of Bragg to Louisville, thence to Perryville, taking part in that engagement, and then returned to Nashville. It was assigned to the 3rd division, with which it took part in the three days' battle at Stone's River rendering efficient aid in the severe fighting and receiving the division commander's compliments. It remained in camp near Murfreesboro until the movement
toward Chattanooga in June, 1863. It was engaged at Chickamauga, fought at Missionary Ridge, and took position in the fortifications after the battle. In Jan., 1864, a majority of its members re enlisted as veterans and were furloughed home. Upon their return the
battery moved with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign reaching Ringgold, GA, May 2. Captain. Swallow being made major of the 10th Indiana. cavalry, Lieut. Morgan was promoted to the captaincy. The battery took part in all the skirmishes and battles of the Atlanta campaign, after which it returned to Chattanooga, where it was assigned to duty as a stationed battery and remained there until the muster- out of the original officers and non- veterans on Dec. 7, 1864, leaving 117 veterans and recruits without a commanding officer. The 8th Indiana. battery was consolidated with it on March 13,
1865, Lieut. William Stokes of the 8th being commissioned captain of the new organization which was designated as the 7th battery. Twenty -four veterans from the 5th Indiana. battery were added to its numbers on April 5. The battery was stationed at Chattanooga until ordered to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out July 20, 1865, with 3 officers and 183 men present, representing three commands -- the 5th, 7th and 8th
batteries.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 3, p. 195

Battles Fought
Fought on 31 December 1862 at Stones River, TN.
Fought on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.

Martin married Jane Sims on 25 May 1841. (Jane Sims was born in 1822 in Indiana, Lawrence County and died on 25 May 1841 in Indiana, Bartholomew County.)