Richard Joshua Turrentine was born 30 November 1841 in Morgan County, Alabama, the son of Martin J. Turrentine and Seany (Day) Turrentine. He died 1868 in Morgan County, Alabama. When the Civil War came, Richard, his father, a number of cousins, and other men from his community in southwestern Morgan County held strong sentiments of loyalty for the Union, and enlisted in the Union Army in 1862. Richard was age 20 at his enlistment. They served in the First Alabama Cavalry, Alabama's premier Union cavalry regiment. Richard enlisted as 3rd Corporal, rose through the ranks to 1st Sergeant, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in October 1864. The First Alabama spent most of the war engaged in the western theater of the war, in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Following participation in the Atlanta Campaign, it served as General William T. Sherman's personal escort in his March to the Sea, a symbol to Confederates of Southern loyalty to the Union.
After the war Richard married Mrs. Sarah Jane (Dutton) Witt, whose husband had died in 1863. The couple had two children, Stephen Henry Turrentine and Frances Turrentine. Richard J. Turrentine fell ill and died in 1868, and is buried in Turrentine Cemetery near Massey in Morgan County, Alabama. His widow and children moved to Texas in the 1880s with other members of the Witt, Turrentine, and Dutton families.
After the war Richard married Mrs. Sarah Jane (Dutton) Witt, whose husband had died in 1863. The couple had two children, Stephen Henry Turrentine and Frances Turrentine. Richard J. Turrentine fell ill and died in 1868, and is buried in Turrentine Cemetery near Massey in Morgan County, Alabama. His widow and children moved to Texas in the 1880s with other members of the Witt, Turrentine, and Dutton families.
Richard Joshua Turrentine was born 30 November 1841 in Morgan County, Alabama, the son of Martin J. Turrentine and Seany (Day) Turrentine. He died 1868 in Morgan County, Alabama. When the Civil War came, Richard, his father, a number of cousins, and other men from his community in southwestern Morgan County held strong sentiments of loyalty for the Union, and enlisted in the Union Army in 1862. Richard was age 20 at his enlistment. They served in the First Alabama Cavalry, Alabama's premier Union cavalry regiment. Richard enlisted as 3rd Corporal, rose through the ranks to 1st Sergeant, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in October 1864. The First Alabama spent most of the war engaged in the western theater of the war, in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Following participation in the Atlanta Campaign, it served as General William T. Sherman's personal escort in his March to the Sea, a symbol to Confederates of Southern loyalty to the Union.
After the war Richard married Mrs. Sarah Jane (Dutton) Witt, whose husband had died in 1863. The couple had two children, Stephen Henry Turrentine and Frances Turrentine. Richard J. Turrentine fell ill and died in 1868, and is buried in Turrentine Cemetery near Massey in Morgan County, Alabama. His widow and children moved to Texas in the 1880s with other members of the Witt, Turrentine, and Dutton families.
After the war Richard married Mrs. Sarah Jane (Dutton) Witt, whose husband had died in 1863. The couple had two children, Stephen Henry Turrentine and Frances Turrentine. Richard J. Turrentine fell ill and died in 1868, and is buried in Turrentine Cemetery near Massey in Morgan County, Alabama. His widow and children moved to Texas in the 1880s with other members of the Witt, Turrentine, and Dutton families.
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