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Civil War Soldiers - Turner
| Turner, John W., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in the state of New York, but as a child was taken
to Illinois by his parents. He was a cadet at the United States
military academy from July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855, when he was
graduated and promoted in the army to brevet second lieutenant of
artillery. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 1st artillery
Nov. 18, 1855; served on frontier duty at Fort Dalles, Ore., 1855-56;
participated in the Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians
in 1857-58; was in garrison at Fort Adams, R. I., 1858-59; on frontier
duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1859-60; and in garrison at the
artillery school of practice at Fortress Monroe, Va., 1860-61. He
served during the Civil war, as first lieutenant in the 1st artillery
from April 21, 1861, to Feb. 20, 1862, being commissioned captain of
staff and commissariat of subsistence Aug. 3, 1861, and was in command
of a breaching battery in the reduction of Fort Pulaski, Ga., in
April, 1862. He was appointed colonel of staff and additional
aide-de-camp May 3, 1862; served as chief of commissariat of the
Department of the Gulf from May 22 to Dec. 23, 1862; as chief of staff
in the Department of the South from June 13, 1863, to May 4, 1864; was
engaged in command of the artillery during the siege of Fort Wagner
and in the operations against Fort Sumter from July to November. He
was brevetted major Sept. 6, 1863, for gallant and meritorious
services at the siege of Fort Wagner, and brigadier-general of
volunteers on the following day. He was in command of a division of
the 10th corps, Army of the James, in the Richmond campaign, being
engaged in the operations before Bermuda Hundred, including the action
near Drewry's bluff, and was in the siege of Petersburg. He was
brevetted lieutenant-colonel July 30, 1864, for gallant and
meritorious services in the action at the explosion of the Petersburg
mine, and on Oct. 1, 1864, was brevetted major-general of volunteers
for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign of 1864 on
several occasions before the enemy. He was chief of staff, Departments
of North Carolina and Virginia and of the Army of the James, from Nov.
20, 1864, to Jan. 12, 1865, and of the Department of Virginia from
Jan. 12 to March 20. On March 13, 1865, he was given the brevet of
colonel for gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Fort
Gregg; brigadier-general, U. S. A., for faithful and meritorious
services during the rebellion; and major-general, U. S. A., for
gallant and meritorious services in the field during the rebellion. He
was in command of an independent division of the 24th army corps from
March 20 to Aug. 5, participated in the capture of Petersburg and the
pursuit of the Confederate army, terminating in the capitulation at
Appomattox Court House; was in command of the 24th army corps from
Aug. 5 to Aug. 10; of the District of Henrico, Va., from June 9, 1865,
to April 6, 1866; the Department of Virginia from April 7 to May 17,
and was mustered out of the volunteer service on Sept. 1, 1866. He
served as purchasing and depot commissary at St. Louis, Mo., from Oct.
31, 1866, to Feb., 1871, and resigned from the regular army service on
Sept. 4, 1871. He then located in St. Louis and filled several
responsible positions. Gen. Turner died on April 8, 1899. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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