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Henry Allen Turpin enlisted at Webster with his brother James in Company A (the “Jackson Volunteers”), 16th Regiment N.C. Troops, on April 27, 1861. Henry mustered into service as a corporal, but was subsequently reduced to ranks. With the exception…

The Virginia State Line was an organization of state troops authorized by the Virginia legislature on May 15, 1862. It was to be comprised of 10,000 men recruited in southern and western Virginia who were not subject to Confederate conscription, and…