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Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company D

Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company D

Company D was organized at Ridgeville (now in Moore County but then a part of Franklin County) in March 1861 and joined the Regiment at Winchester the next month. The men were from Moore County (then Franklin County) and were nicknamed the “Ridgeville Hornets”. Officers at the organization were: Capt., Littleberry N. SIMPSON; 1st Sgt., John H. BEVILL; 1st Ltn., William J. AWALT; 2nd Sgt.,Thomas R. RODGERS; 2nd Ltn., William R. DAVIS; 3rd Sgt., Robert H. ANTHONY; 3rd Ltn., Thomas…

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Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company C

Peter Turney’s 1st Regiment – Company C

Company C was organized in Winchester, Franklin County, in late April 1861. It was nicknamed “The Mountain Boys” and officers at the organization were: Captain Miller TURNEY; 1st Ltn. Nathan FRIZZELL; 2nd Ltn. William W. ESTILL and Robert BRANNAN; 1st. Sgt. William E. WATSON; 2nd Sgt. Richard F. SIMS; 3rd Sgt. William D. HARRIS; 4th Sgt. Asa JACKSON; 1st Cpl. Howard W. HERMAN; 2nd Cpl. Thomas J. FOSTER; 3rd Cpl. John B. FARRIS; 4th Cpl. Ben SPYKER. Back to the…

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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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Peter Turney’s 1st TN Regiment – Company A

Peter Turney’s 1st TN Regiment – Company A

Company “A” was made up of men from Altamont and Pelham in Grundy County and Hillsboro in Coffee County. The nickname for the company was “Pelham Guards.” It was organized in April of 1861. The officer of Company A were: Captain, Alexander E. PATTON; 1st Ltn., Elijah REYNOLDS; 2nd Ltn., George W. PARKS and Samuel N. NORTHCUT; 1st. Sgt., Riley B. ROBERTS; 2nd Sgt., Joshua K. WARREN; 3rd Sgt., Joseph G. WILLIS; 1st Cpl., Ethan A. FREEMAN; 2nd Cpl., Hugh…

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