From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/30/1864, p.1, c. 7

Charged with Murder. – William Turner, member of company F, Thirty-fourth North Carolina troops, was brought to this city under guard yesterday and committed to Castle Thunder on the charge of murder. Turner was sent here by order of General Lee, with instructions that he be carried to Columbia, South Carolina, where it is alleged he has been guilty of the murder of a negro.

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