The search for the true identity of my 3rd great grandfather Charles McClellan alias John Martin of Company G in the 128th USCT Regiment of the Union Army (enlisted March 8, 1865 and discharged December 22, 1865), resulted in the discovery of his participation in a rebellion within the ranks of the Union Army during the Summer months of 1865. On June 4, 1865 Private John Martin partook in an organized act of rebellion when he “deserted” with gun and ammo along with several fellow USCT’s. Dr. Martin Robinson Delany, Major of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops was also present at Camp Stanton at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and actively involved in activities related to the rebellion of soldiers and the ordinary Freedmen population of Beaufort and Orangeburg District’s at the time. 
 
What began as geneological research has brought Martin’s Rebellion to the light of history!