CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
Turner's Company, Mississippi Light Artillery
- Overview:
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Smith's-Turner's Battery was organized in July, 1861 with men raised in Quitman, Tunica,
and Coahoma counties. It was active in the conflicts at Belmont, Shiloh, and Perryville, then joined the Army of
Tennessee. Assigned to M. Smith's, Hoxton's, and Gee's Battalion of Artillery, the unit fought
with the army from Murfreesboro
to Nashville, then shared in the
defense of Mobile. It lost 1 killed and 13 wounded of the 120 engaged at Shiloh, had 4 wounded
at Perryville, sustained 5 casualties at Murfreesboro, and had 2 killed and 5 wounded at Chickamauga. In March, 1864, the battery
totalled 80 officers and men, but few were included in the surrender in May, 1865. Its
commanding officers were Captains Melancthon Smith and William B.
Turner.
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