Martin Van Buren Borden

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 9/1/1861 as a Private.
On 9/1/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. MS 26th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated date of enlistment)
Other Information:
born in 1840
died in 1909
Buried: Friendship Cemty, Lawrence Co, AL

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Various Cemetery listings on the internet

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Martin Borden, age 19, Private, Captain S. Davenport’s Company, 26th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted August 24, 1i61 at Iuka, Miss. by Capt. D. M. B. Reid for 3 years, captured Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, imprisoned at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., exchanged September 15, 1862, captured at Petersburg April 2, 1865, arrived City Point, Va. April 4, released at Point Lookout, Md. June 9, 1865 on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, received by Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C. June 22, 1865, transferred to Franklin, Md., no further records, description on enlistment, 21 year old Farmer, born in Alabama, resident of Booneville

* This company subsequently became Company C,16th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi