John Wesley Turner Military person

John Wesley Turner was a career U.S. Army officer and Union Army general during the American Civil War. Turner spent much of the war as a staff officer and division commander taking a prominent part in the Appomattox Campaign.

Personal facts

John Wesley Turner
Birth dateJuly 19, 1833
Birth place
Saratoga New York
Date of deathApril 08, 1899
Place of death
St. Louis

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allegiance
United States of America
Union
military operations
American Civil War
Battle of Fort Pulaski
Battle of the Crater
Second Battle of Deep Bottom
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Bermuda Hundred Campaign
Third Battle of Petersburg
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
military branch
Union Army
military commandXXIV Corps
service start1851
service end1871

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