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[Identification of item], in the Marcus A. Turner Papers, #731-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Caswell County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Peninsular Campaign, 1862.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Turner family.
• Turner, Marcus A., fl. 1861-1865.
• Turner, Thomas J., fl. 1861-1862.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Marcus A. Turner (fl. 1861-1865) and other members of the Turner family resided in Caswell County, N.C.

The collection includes family correspondence, accounts, Confederate tax returns, lists of household goods, and other items of Marcus A. Turner and other members of the Turner family of Caswell County, N.C., mostly during the Civil War. Seven letters are from Thomas J. Turner, serving in the Confederate army in Isle of Wight County, Va., and retreating toward Richmond, Va., 1861-1862; he discussed camp conditions, local flora and fauna, and speculations about impending military movements. Other correspondents include George D. Turner and F. A. Graves while serving in the Confederate army; and W. A. Turner from Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., about a railroad wreck. Also included are deeds, one from Caswell County to Lewis Barton, 1787; a letter, 1884, from Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C.; and a list, 1886, of personal property of A. N. Brannock.