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Pvt Joseph Oscar Turner

Birth
Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Death
1 Dec 1921 (aged 81)
Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
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Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Son of Luther and Angeline Hawes Turner. Husband of 1/Bertha Oldenburg 2? Ellen Francis Wiggin.
Enlisted at Lincoln, ME July 15, 1861 at age 21 into Co I 6th Maine Infantry Regiment. Discharged for disability Feb 23, 1863. Drafted at Lincoln Aug 14, 1863 into Co E 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment. Taken prisoner May 6, 1864 at battle of Wilderness, VA. He escaped March of 1865. While as a POW he was transferred June 4, 1864 out, and into Co I 17th Maine Infantry and June 13, 1865 into Co I 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. He was discharged by General Order 77 May 31, 1865.
Son of Luther and Angeline Hawes Turner. Husband of 1/Bertha Oldenburg 2? Ellen Francis Wiggin.
Enlisted at Lincoln, ME July 15, 1861 at age 21 into Co I 6th Maine Infantry Regiment. Discharged for disability Feb 23, 1863. Drafted at Lincoln Aug 14, 1863 into Co E 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment. Taken prisoner May 6, 1864 at battle of Wilderness, VA. He escaped March of 1865. While as a POW he was transferred June 4, 1864 out, and into Co I 17th Maine Infantry and June 13, 1865 into Co I 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. He was discharged by General Order 77 May 31, 1865.

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  • Created by: Phd
  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135874062/joseph_oscar-turner: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Oscar Turner (4 Feb 1840–1 Dec 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135874062, citing Mattawamkeag Cemetery, Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Phd (contributor 47902981).