★★★ Warren, Edward Tiffin Harrison

Edward Tiffin Harrison Warren​

Born: June 19, 1829

Birthplace: Rockingham County, Virginia

Father: Jehu Warren 1801 – 1851

(Buried: Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church, Rockingham Co., Virginia)​

Mother: Harriet Rice 1807 – 1880

(Buried: Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church, Rockingham Co., Virginia)​

Wife: Virginia Watson Magruder Warren 1837 – 1891

(Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia)​

Children:

Dr. James Magruder Warren 1856 – 1896​

(Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia)​

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Elizabeth G. "Lizzie" Warren Switzer 1857 – 1901​

(Buried: Woodsbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia)​

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Virginia Watson Lipscomb 1862 – 1942​

(Buried: Woodsbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia)

Education:

Attended University of Virginia​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Harrisonburg, Virginia​

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Served in the Virginia State Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 10th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Colonel of 10th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1864: Killed in battle during the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​

Died: May 6, 1864

Place of Death: Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 34 years old

Burial Place: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia

 

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The Valley Guards were incorporated into the 10th Virginia and His commission for Lt. Colonel was on August 1, 1861. The commission for Colonel was on May 8, 1862 after the 10th Virginia's Colonel Simeon B. Gibbons was killed at the Battle of McDowell.

 

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He missed the battle of Antietam because he was doing garrison duty at Martinsburg, West Virginia after it's abandonment, His brigade was commanded by a Colonel James W. Jackson in his absence.

 

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When he was killed in the battle of the Wilderness it was because he succumbed to 7 bullet wounds.