John Donelson Martin (1830–1862) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War.

When the American Civil War erupted in 1861 Martin joined the Confederate States Army and was named Captain of the Hickory Rifles, a company of infantry from Memphis and Shelby County.

Simultaneously, he was named acting brigadier general and assigned to command a brigade in the Army of the West, composed of the 36th, 37th and 38th Mississippi regiments as well as the 37th Alabama Infantry.

[3] Colonel Martin was killed in the Second Battle of Corinth on October 3, 1862, while leading his men.

[3] He was buried on Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis; leaving behind his widow and his son, who died at the age of 32 years, just like his father.