A Black Chaplain at Fort Fisher-- Part 4: Surgeon's Aide in the Battle

Chaplain Henry M. Turner, 1st USCT, Wright's Brigade [3rd], Paine's [3rd] Division, XXV Corps.

The 27th USCT also belonged to Wright's Brigade.

During the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, Chaplain Turner served as an aide to surgeon Norman S. Barnes, medical director of General Alfred H. Terry's Provisional Corps.

These quotes are taken from "Rocked In the Cradle of Secession" by Henry M. Turner, Edwin S. redkey, ed.  Appeared in American heritage 31 (Oct.-Nov. 1980) pages 70-77.

--Old B-R'er