During his adult life Turner was a dentist before being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry on June 5, 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War.
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Colonel John S. Slocum, wounded mortally as he led the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, was carried to the house and treated by Surgeon James Harris of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry.