★ Warner, James M.

James Meech Warner​

Born: January 29, 1836

Birthplace: Middlebury, Vermont

Father: Joseph Warner 1803 – 1865

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

Mother: Jane Anne Meech Unknown – 1842

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

1st​ Wife: Susan A. Camp 1843 – 1864

(Buried: Franklin Cemetery, Guliford, Vermont)​

2nd​ Wife: Matilda Elizabeth Allen 1838 – 1905

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

Children:

Mary Warner 1864 – 1869​

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

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James Allen Warner 1867 – 1927​

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

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Sophia Warner Fletcher 1869 – 1936​

(Buried: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont)​

Education:

1854: Graduated from Kimball Union Academy

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1854 – 1855: Attended Middlebury College​

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1860: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (40th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1860 – 1861: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Infantry​

Civil War Career:

1861: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 8th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1864: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 8th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Served in the Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel 11th​ Vermont Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1864: Wounded in neck and skull at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia​

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1864: Brigade Commander in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.​

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1864: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry in battle​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Opequan, Virginia​

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1864 – 1866: Captain United States Army 8th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia​

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1865: Brevetted Major, Lt. Colonel and Colonel for Gallantry​

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1865: Served in the Battle of Saylor's Creek, Virginia​

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1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry​

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1865 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​

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1866: Mustered out of volunteer service on January 15th​​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 8th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1866: Resigned from United States Army on February 13th​​

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Paper Manufacturer in Albany, New York​

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United States Postmaster in Albany, New York​

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Director of National Commercial Bank in Albany, New York​

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Director of New York Mutual Life Insurance Company​

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Director of Massachusetts Life Insurance Company​

Died: March 16, 1897

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Cause of Death: Cerebral apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Burial Place: Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (January 29th) Birthday Brig. General James M. Warner! Salutes remembering General Warner on his birthday.

 

[ErnieMac]

Warner's Brigade was part of Getty's Division of the Sixth Corps (Horatio Wright) during April 2, 1865, Breakthrough at Petersburg. Warner led his brigade on horseback during the assault.

 

[Luke Freet]

Warner's regiment was the 11th Vermont, also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery. They remained in D.C. until they reinforced Lewis Grant's Vermont Brigade around Spotsylvania; after the horrendous casualties they had suffered thus far in the Overland Campaign, Grant's entire brigade numbered less than the 11th Vermont (which numbered around 1500 men, though I'd need to double check my sources on that).