Daisy Turner's enslaved father, Alexander Turner, escaped from his plantation at the start of the Civil War, and joined the 1st New Jersey Cavalry of the Union Army. In the spring of 1863, Turner guided his regiment to his old plantation in Port Royal, Virginia, where he …

Mrs. Turner spent much of the Civil War helping sick and wounded soldiers in Boston, Massachusetts. After the war she turned her efforts to aiding veterans and honoring their sacrifices at places like Andersonville. In 1895, Mrs. Turner was elected National President of the Woman's Relief Corps.

Aug 6, 2016 · The group of murderers are heading off to Mrs. Turner's home. She is not alone for Mrs. Newsome is with her. By the time "General Nat" has entered the home he describes two "frightened to death" women.

At the breaking out of the Civil War Mrs. Turner was a resident of Boston. She packed the first box of supplies forwarded from that city to the soldiers at the front, and in 1863 she was a constant visitor to the hospital in Pemberton Square, where the wounded sent from the battle-fields of the South received the kindest care.

On May 19, 1918, a white mob from Brooks County, Georgia, lynched Mary Turner, a Black woman who was eight months pregnant, at Folsom’s Bridge 16 miles north of Valdosta for speaking publicly against the lynching of her husband the day before.

Feb 11, 2018 · William S. Drewry adds: “There were other persons killed for whom it was impossible to account. Mr. Gray omits the overseer killed at Mrs. Rebecca Vaughan's. Some also say that fifteen persons, instead of eleven, were killed at Waller's.”

Contrary to his quiet nature, Turner spoke out strongly against his opponent, attacking Joseph's actions during the Civil War. The rivalry between the two black men insured the victory of Frederick G. Bromberg, a white candidate supported by the Democrats and the new Liberal Republican Party.

Nat Turner, a slave owned by Joseph Travis of Southampton County, Virginia, believed that he had been chosen by God to lead a slave rebellion. In February 1831, an eclipse of the sun convinced Turner that this was a supernatural sign from God to start an insurrection.

These nine letters were written by William Henry Turner (28 January 1838 -- 27 May 1864), the son of Moses Turner (1815-1893) and Sarah Ann Bloomfield (1816-1902) of Rahway, Union County, New Jersey. Like his father, William ("Bill") Turner was a mason before the Civil War.

When the American Civil War broke out, Turner enlisted in the Union Army and served as body servant for Col. Madison Miller. He was wounded, resulting in a permanent limp. After the war, Miller's brother-in-law, Missouri Governor Thomas Fletcher, appointed him as assistant superintendent of schools.