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One
year, eight months, and fourteen days after the
birth of his son, Martin who was 41 years old,
enlisted in Co. K of the 9th Regiment of the
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. The pension papers
state he had black eyes, brown hair, dark
complexion and was 5’7½ inches tall;
and it indicates he had signed his
enlistment papers with an "X." Although his papers and all
census records of Martin list his birth place as
Vermont, no record has been found; and family
stories passed through the generations recall
that Martin was born in France, that the original
name was Courte/Court and that he had kept a
journal written in French.
Less than ten
months after Martin enlisted, he was captured at
Brice's Cross Road in Mississippi on June 10th
and taken as a prisoner to Andersonville Prison
in Georgia. While there, he died of scurvy
on the 17th day of August 1864, leaving behind a
wife and four young children.
Martin Short's
burial is listed in the Roll of Honor recorded by
the U.S. Quartermaster's Department . He was
buried in grave #5941 shown below.
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