Orlando S. Turner Correspondence
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Orlando S. Turner was born in November, 1839 in Duxbury, Vermont - the son of Joseph and Louisa (Cameron) Turner. He enlisted in Moretown as a Private in Co. D, 2nd Vermont Regiment, on May 7, 1861 and was promoted to Corporal on October 21, 1861. Turner re-enlisted on January 31, 1864 and was subsequently promoted to Sergeant on July 19, 1864 and then to 1st Sergeant on February 7, 1865. On June 7, 1865, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and on July 15, 1865 was mustered out of service with the rank of 1st Sergeant.
His correspondence consists of two letters written in July of 1861 describing Union troops in Washington D.C. and the Battle of Bull Run.
Time Period Covered: July 4, 1861 - July 26, 1861
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Civil War Letters of Orlando S. Turner
Published: March 22, 2011, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Center for Digital Initiatives
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Topic: ("Armed Forces Officers")
Title: Orlando S. Turner to Joseph and Louisa A. Turner
Creator: Turner, Orlando S., b. 1839
Date: 1861-07-26
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include a brief account of the first Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia. Writes of the bravery of the soldiers, casualties and men killed, of his opinion that the officers were afraid to go where the soldiers were, damage to the American flag.
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