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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Francis Marion Turner

(1838 - 1906)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company B, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion on 8 May 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged 2 October 1862 and was wounded and lost a finger at Chancellorsville, VA in May 1863. He deserted to the enemy near Petersburg, VA on 10 March 1865, took an oath of allegiance, and was "sent North."

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

07/01/1838

Death

06/14/1906; burial in Richardson Cemetery, Dalton, GA

Notes

1 Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoB2.html [AotW citation 21963]

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