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Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Turner and Catharine Turner. Farmer in Columbia, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and lieutenant from October 8, 1861, to January 8, 1863. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from December 23, 1863, to January 10, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, District 1, p. 67.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 357.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0147.

Citation

Turner, Mathew Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210218 (November 12, 2026).

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C. W. Foster, Special Orders, No. 42
1863-01-22
Report
J. M. Hewitt, Report
1863-11-18
Correspondence
James W. Weatherford to John Boyle
1863-12-26

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