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Yes, Hughey David Turner did die at the Battle of Yellow Bayou. See below:
"In the spring of 1862, Turner joined the Confederate army, leaving his wife and children on their farm near Gay Hill on the Brazos River. At Tyler Turner was attached to Lieut. Col Ashley W. Spaight’s regiment. Under Spaight’s command the Texas volunteers became known for their courageous fighting. Gen. Thomas (Tom) Green sent a glowing report exclaiming the valor with which these men fought at the Battle of Forduche. Louisiana. Turner traveled by foot for three years crisscrossing Louisiana from north to south. Five days after Turner wrote his last letter home, he died at the Battle of Yellow Bayou on May 18, 1865. This was the last official battle of the war in Louisiana, and Gen. Robert E. Lee had already surrendered the Confederate armies at Appomattox, Virginia, in april. Following Turner’s death, Louisa Turner moved to Travis County where she married Rev. John Minnick on September 11, 1870.”
I have copies of a few of the letters he wrote home.

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