James M. Warner

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James Meech Warner
11th Vermont Infantry
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

James Meech Warner (January 29, 1836 – March 16, 1897) was a

Union Army during the American Civil War
.

Early life

Warner was born in

2nd Lieutenant, and, on February 28, 1861, was promoted to a full 2nd Lieutenant and was transferred to the 8th U.S. Infantry. He was then promoted to 1st Lieutenant May 31, 1861, and was assigned to Fort Wise, Colorado Territory
.

Civil War

Warner agreed to an offer by the

11th Vermont Infantry
(also known as the 1st Artillery, Vermont Volunteers).

His regiment was assigned to the northern defenses of Washington, D.C., from September 1862 until May 1864, when

Vermont Brigade after the Battle of the Wilderness, and first saw action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
. In his first engagement, on May 18, 1864, Warner was severely wounded, but refused to leave the field until the end of the day. He was sent home on furlough to recover.

He returned from convalescence leave on July 8, 1864, and was assigned to command the 1st brigade, Hardin's division,

VI Corps
in September 1864. He commanded that brigade until it was disbanded in May 1865.

On January 31, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Warner for appointment to the grade of

Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. The United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1865.[2] Warner was then promoted to captain, 8th U.S. Infantry, in the Regular Army (United States) on October 8, 1864. He also received brevets as major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, U.S. Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service during the war." Warner was appointed brigadier general, volunteers, on May 8, 1865, to rank from May 8, 1865, although his nomination to this grade was sent to the U.S. Senate only on January 13, 1866 and was confirmed by the Senate on February 23, 1866.[3] On July 17, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Warner for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Army, to rank from April 9, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war" and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866.[4]

He mustered out of voluntary service on January 1, 1866, and resigned his regular army commission on February 13.

Postwar activities

After the war, Warner moved to Albany, New York, where he engaged in paper manufacturing as president of the Albany Card and Paper Company. On December 19, 1889, he was appointed postmaster of Albany by President Benjamin Harrison's administration.

Warner died March 16, 1897, in New York City, and his remains were returned to Middlebury, Vermont, for interment.

James Warner married Matilda Elizabeth Allen, daughter of George Allen and Sophia Sargent, in early June 1863, while he was stationed in the northern defenses of Washington.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Middlebury, Vermont". City-Data.com. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1
    . p. 760.
  3. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 730.
  4. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 738.

Further reading

  • Albany, New York City Directories, 1889–91
  • Benedict, G. G., Vermont in the Civil War. A History of the part taken by the Vermont Soldiers And Sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-5. Burlington, VT.: The Free Press Association, 1888, i: 451–453, 512, 518, 522, 525, 528, 551, 553, 566–567, 588, 613; ii:343–345, 347, 350–351, 354, 372–373, 382–388, 726.
  • Coffin, Howard, The Battered Stars: One State's Civil War Ordeal during Grant's Overland Campaign. Woodstock, VT.: Countryman Press, 2002.
  • Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., "General Catalogue 1813–1930." Hanover: Dartmouth Press, 1930.
  • Ledoux, Thomas, editor. Quite Ready to be Sent Somewhere: The Civil War Letters of Aldace Freeman Walker. Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2002, passim.
  • Peck, Theodore S., compiler, Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers and lists of Vermonters Who Served in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion, 1861–66. Montpelier, VT.: Press of the Watchman Publishing Co., 1892, pp. 409–411, 682, 736, 749.
  • Robinson, Duane L. "General Catalogue of Middlebury College. Middlebury, Vt." Middlebury College Publications, 1950.
  • Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Union. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
  • Waite, Otis Frederick Reed, Vermont in the Great Rebellion: Containing historical and biographical Sketches, etc., Claremont, NH: Tracy, Chase, 1869, pp. 256–8.
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