aboard the USS Memphis until reassigned to land duties from February 3 to April 3, 1866. After being transferred to the , he continued to alternate between life aboard ship and on land, punctuated by re-enlistments, for the remainder of his military career. Duty assignments included: the , beginning June 27, 1866; the , beginning March 14, 1868; and the in 1871. After having achieved the rank of quartermaster sergeant and having completed 31 years, 7 months and 23 days of military service, he was honorably discharged on March 27, 1879. Military records at the time of his pension application in 1881 described him as being 5' 9-1/2" tall with brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion, and also noted that he was a native of Ireland who had been a farmer at the time of his enrollment in Philadelphia. Records from the U.S. Navy Department's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, which were compiled for Martin's Navy Survivors' Certificate file, documented that Martin sustained multiple service-related injuries and ailments during his naval career, including: rheumatism (first documented in the late 1840s); a subluxation of his left ankle (1858); hip pain and rheumatism (1861); a contusion sustained on April 12, 1862, when his "arm was squeezed in working a gun, whilst at quarters", which resulted in a nine-day admission to a U.S. Navy Hospital that year and was linked by a Navy doctor in 1879 to the atrophy of his bicep (via the notation "the result of an injury to the arm while loading a gun on board the 'Richmond', in April, 1862"); a sprained ankle (1874); a severe fall down the stairs while in the line of duty at a naval barracks (1875); and anemia attributed to his "long and continuous service in the Marine Corps" (1879). Unmarried, Martin resided at the U.S. Naval Home in Philadelphia during the 1880s and 1890s. Illness, death and interment By the time he was in his 60s, Martin had developed cancer. Following his death at the U.S. Naval Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 1895, he was buried in that city's Mount Moriah Cemetery. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1826, Derry, Ireland. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: As captain of a gun on board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee