John Wesley Turner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American general
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1833
Place of Birth: Saratoga, New York, United States
Date of Death: 08-Apr-1899
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Wesley Turner
- John Wesley Turner (July 19, 1833-April 8, 1899) was a career U.S.
- Army officer who rose through the ranks as an artillery commander and staff officer during the American Civil War, becoming a Union Army general.
- Turner took a prominent part in the Appomattox Campaign and early in Congressional Reconstruction was responsible for forces occupying the Department of Virginia.
- After his retirement from the Army as head of the depot and commissary in St.
- Louis, Missouri, Turner remained in the city and became a leading citizen and public works commissioner.
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