 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Nguva yake isati yapera seneta, Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakatanga, uye muna October 1861, akapinzwa muchiuto chokuzvipira cheUnited States somutevedzeri wemukuru mukuru we8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Pakuvamba muna 1862 akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weLeavenworth uye akabata nzvimbo yacho kusvikira regiment yake yakarayirwa kuKorinde, Mississippi muna March. Ikoko 8th Kansas Infantry yakava chikamu cheuto raMaj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, uye yakaramba iri muuto reCumberland kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Musi waNovember 1, 1862, Martin akasimudzirwa kuva colonel, uye masvondo mashomanana gare gare akapiwa basa semukuru mukuru weNashville, Tennessee, chinzvimbo chaakazadza kusvikira muna June anotevera. Nemutungamiri wake akatora chikamu muHondo yePerryville; zviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana zveTullahoma Campaign; hondo yeChickamauga, uko pazuva rechipiri akagoverwa kutungamira kweTatu Brigade, First Division, XX Corps; uye munaNovember aivapo pakukombwa kweChattanooga uye Hondo yeMissionary Ridge. NaMaj. Gen. William Tecumseh Shermans army akafamba achienda kuAtlanta mumushandirapamwe usingakanganwiki wa1864, mutsara wekufamba uchiratidzwa nekubatana paRocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Kennesaw Mountainuye dzimwe pfungwa dzakasiyana-siyana. Pashure pokuwa kweAtlanta, chikwata chaMartin chakabatanidzwa mukutsvaka Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood sezvaaifamba achienda kuchamhembe kupinda muTennessee, uko yakavhara basa rayo. Munguva yekuguma kwebasa rake remauto Martin akatungamira First Brigade, Third Division, IV Corps, kusvikira aunganidzwa paPulaski, Tennessee musi waNovember 17, 1864. Gare gare akagamuchira chiremera che brigadier general chebasa rakashinga uye rakakodzera, rakanyorwa musi waMarch 13, 1865. 