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Sampson Turner

Private Army Civil War

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
66th OVI, Co. F
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
08/31/1864
Date of Death
08/31/1864
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Atlanta, GA
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action
When
08/31/1864
Where
Chattahoochee River, GA
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. hospitalized 7/6/1864 in the 20th Army Corps Hospital for malarial attacks injured 8/26/1864 and again hospitalized in the 20th Army Corps Hospital when a musket accidentally fell on his head; killed by accident on 8/31/1864 near Chattahoochee River, GA

Source: Beers, Record 486; American Civil War Research Database