Joseph Plumb Martin

Joseph Plumb Martin
Joseph Plumb Martin
	Martin and wife, Lucy Clewley Martin, in a 19th century portrait painting, date unknown
Birth name	Joseph Plumb Martin
Nickname	Plumb
Born	November 21, 1760; Becket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, present-day Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Died	May 2, 1850 (aged 89); Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine
Buried	Sandy Point, Maine
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	Continental Army; Connecticut Militia (Connecticut State Troops)
Service years	1776–1783
Rank	Private (1776–1778); Corporal (1778–1780); Sergeant (1780–1783);
Service number	CT16333
Unit	Connecticut Militia (Connecticut State Troops): Captain John H. Wells' 8th Company, 12th Regiment of Connecticut Militia (1776); Captain Samuel Peck's 3rd Company, 1st Regiment of Connecticut Militia (1776); Continental Army: Major David Smith's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment (1776–1778); Light Infantry (1778–1780); Corps of Sappers and Miners (1780–1783);
Conflicts	American Revolutionary War; Battle of Long Island (1776); Landing at Kip's Bay (1776); Battle of Harlem Heights (1776); Battle of White Plains (1776); Battle of Ridgefield (1777); Battle of Germantown (1777); Siege of Fort Mifflin (1777); Battle of Monmouth (1778); Siege of Yorktown (1781);
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Joseph Plumb Martin (also spelled Joseph Plum Martin; 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 become a valuable resource for historians in understanding the conditions of a common soldier of that era, as well as the battles in which Martin participated.