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Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company B

Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company B

Company B was organized in late April 1861 from men in Franklin and Bedford Counties. The officers at the organization were: Capt., John E. BENNETT; 1st Ltn. George W. EDWARDS; 2nd Ltns., Carter WOOD, Robert R. ENOCHS; 1st Sgt., Thomas DANIEL; 2nd Sgt., Duncan CAMPBELL; 3rd Sgt., William ANDERSON; 4th Sgt., Elijah C. McLAUGHLIN; 1st Cpl., Abraham EVANS; 2nd Cpl.,William ENOCHS; 3rd Cpl., James ROLLINS; 4th Cpl., William S. DANIEL. Muster roll information from Compiled Service Records are available from…

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About the Peter Turney Regiment

About the Peter Turney Regiment

After the Feb. 1861 secession meeting, Peter TURNEY organized a company in Winchester, which was later to become “C” Company. Four other companies from Franklin, Lincoln, Coffee and Grundy counties were formed after the fall of Fort Sumter. TURNEY’S 1st was organized at Winchester, TN, 21 Apr. 1861 and was mustered into service at Lynchburg, VA, 8 May 1861. On 17 May, they traveled by rail to Richmond where they were drilled by the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute….

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Resolutions for the Secession of Franklin County

Resolutions for the Secession of Franklin County

1. Resolved, That the action of the State of Tennessee, on the 9th inst., is to us a source of unfeigned mortification, and regret, as we hoped that her course would have been so different, as to have, by the 4th day of March next, divorced Tennessee forever from her present bonds of political union, and have united her fate-for weal or woe, with her seven proud and gallant sisters of the South, which have so divorced themselves. 2. Resolved,…

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Colonel Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy

Colonel Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy

The Colonel Peter Turney Chapter UDC has been in existence since 1927. The chapter members recommend descendants of Confederate soldiers for educational scholarships, place books about Southern history in libraries, preserve and mark graves of Confederate soldiers buried in Franklin County, and award medals for military service to descendants of Confederate soldiers. Contact by those interested in becoming members is welcomed. Chapter meetings are held at scheduled locations February through May and September through December on the third Friday of…

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