Can anyone out there tell me if there is a J.M. MARTIN? The J.M. Martin I am seeking would have been a Confederate soldier in Company B, 27th Tennessee Infantry who died at the Rock Island prison camp 2/14/1864 and is in grave 490. J. M. Martin is listed in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors system but the only record the federal archives has is a single record stating that there is a tombstone at the Rock Island Camp with that name on it. I have a suspicion that because of a recording or transcription error either at the camp in 1864 or after about 1905 when the tombstones were made that the wrong name of J. M. MARTIN was inscribed instead of the correct name of Jesse Martin ODOM. It's not too hard to realize how the name could have been recorded incorrectly by someone in a hurry. The Jesse Martin ODOM I am seeking was indeed with Co B, 27th Tennessee Infantry (note same unit as shown for J.M. Martin) and according to federal archives records was captured at Missionary Ridge and transported to Rock Island on Dec 8, 1863. Then Jesse Martin ODOM seems to have disappeared after a Dec 25, 1863 Rock Island prisoner roll, never to return to his wife and seven children. Strange request I know but I need to determine if there really was a J. M. Martin before I can really assume and hope that this relative Jesse Martin ODOM received a decent burial instead of being thrown in the river or something. Is J.M. MARTIN really my Jesse Martin ODOM.? Did the Rock Island camp in error "manufacture" a non-existent person and bury a real Confederate in a mismarked grave? Any help or suggestions are appreciated. Gene Wade Loganville, GA a