The Warner Family

Researched by Lani Bartelt

Photos and some articles contributed by Carol Purkis Mitte

This biography will be about five brothers, Sylvanus, William, Jonathon, Samuel and James Warner, all sons of Stephen A and Elizabeth (Sweet) Warner.

Stephen & Elizabeth Warner were from Jefferson Co. NY.
Stephen was born 19 Aug 1803 d 10 Jan 1880 and his wife Elizabeth,
b 29 Mar 1805 d 9 April 1890
Stephen Warner was a farmer and though he did not hold any office he was active in his community in NY.

In 1865 he left NY with son, Jonathon B and came to Juneau Co. WI. where they settled on an 80 acre farm, and were joined there in 1868 by Elizabeth and another son, William. Still later that years another son, Sylvanus and his wife and one child, Bill, came and bought an adjoining farm.

Stephen and Elizabeth Warner had eleven children: Benaia (b. 1825); Seneca S. (4 June, 1827); Samuel W. (14 Jan 1829; Jonathan B. (16 Nov 1831); William S. (30 May 1833); Dorcas (14Sept 1835); James A. (14 Jan 1837); Jerusha (1839); Annie (2 Feb 1842); Mary J. (15 Jan 1844); and Sylvanus S. (1 April 1846).

Five of their sons would fight in the Civil War. Jonathon B in Co. F 10th NY Heavy Artillery; James A in Battery D 1st NY light Artillery, taking part in twenty-seven Battles; Sylvanus S. in Co F 20th NY Cavalry; Samuel W in Co P 19th WI Inf.; and William's in Co C 16th WI Inf.
 

All five brothers were in different companies and regiments and surprisingly all returned safely with not a one wounded or captured.
 

Samuel W. Warner

Samuel W Warner was b 14 Jan 1829 in Jefferson Co. NY.
Lani note/ Mar 2006. His grave registration says date of birth was 30 May 1833

He enlisted 30 Dec 1863 in Co C of the 19th WI Infantry and was mustered out with his regiment. On 9 Aug 1865. His rank was Private.

19th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in April 30, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 2; thence moved to Hampton, Va., June 8, and to Norfolk, Va., June 29. Attached to District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. Reserve Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Wistah's Independent Brigade, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to August, 1863. Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863. New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, to August, 1864. Norfolk, Va, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, to July, 1865. 1st Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Norfolk, Va., till April, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 14. Siege of Suffolk April 14-May 4. Action at Edenton Road, Suffolk, April 24. Operations on Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad May 15-18. Near Providence Church May 17. Moved to Norfolk June 17; thence to Yorktown June 18. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Garrison duty at Yorktown till August 16. At Newport News till October 8. Moved to New Berne, N. C., October 8-11. Outpost and picket duty there till April, 1864. Company "A" detached at Evans' Mills, Company "B" at Brier Creek, and Company "F" at Havelock Station till February, 1864. Operations about New Berne against Whiting January 18-February 10, 1864. Beech Grove and Batchelor's Creek, New Berne, February 1-3, 1864. Expedition to relief of Plymouth April 19-24 (Co. "A"). Moved to Yorktown April 26-28. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Occupation of Bermuda Hundred May 5. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred June 16-July 20. Assaults on Petersburg June 15. Port Walthal June 16-17. In trenches before Petersburg till August. Veterans on furlough August 13 to October 10. Non-Veterans assigned to provost duty at Norfolk, Va., August to October. Regiment moved to Aiken's Landing, thence to Chafflin's Farm and operations against Richmond from north side of the James River till April, 1865. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28, 1864. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865, and provost duty there till April 28. Non-Veterans mustered out April 28, 1865. Provost duty at Fredericksburg, Va., till July 24, and at Warrenton, Va., till August 4. Moved to Richmond, Va., and mustered out August 9, 1865.

Regiment lost during service--2 Officers and 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 115 Enlisted men by disease. Total 161

Samuel W. Warner died 15 Jan 1933. and he is supposed to be buried at Eidsvold Cemetery according to his Veterans Graves Registration but I can find no listing for him at that cemetery.

See the Thorp Area Burials which gives a location for his grave. Notation says this cemetery is not well taken care of and is in poor condition.

Jonathan B. Warner

Jonathan B Warner was b 16 Nov 1831 in NY and he served in Co E and Co F of the 10th NY Heavy Artillery during the Civil War.

10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

Organized by consolidation of 4th, 5th and 7th Battalions of Black River Artillery December 31, 1862. Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F," "G" and "M" were originally organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Companies "H" and "I" organized at same place and mustered in September 12, 1862. Company "K" organized at Staten Island, N. Y., November 12, 1862. Company "L" at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., December 27, 1862. Companies "A," "C," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K" and "L" left State for Washington, D. C., September 18, 1862. Companies "B," "D," "E" and "M" on duty at Fort Richmond and Sandy Hook, New York Harbor, September, 1862, to June, 1863; then joined Regiment at Washington, D. C. Regiment attached to 3rd Brigade, Haskins’ Division, Defences of Washington, D. C., to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Haskins’ Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, June 5-24, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2ad Division, 18th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22ad Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, Defences of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Ferrero’s Division, Army of the James, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Ferrero’s Division, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865. District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Garrison duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till May, 1864. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field May 27. Cold Harbor, Va., June 5-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to August 15. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Moved to Washington, D. C., August 15, and duty there till September 27. Ordered to the Shenandoah Valley September 27. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., and duty in the Defences at that point till March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till June. Mustered out at Petersburg, Va., June 23, 1865. Recruits transferred to 6th New York Heavy Artillery.
 

Regiment lost during service--47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 218 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.

Predecessor units:
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
4th BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY ("1st BATTALION BLACK RIVER ARTILLERY").
Organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Duty at Fort Richmond, N. Y., till December, 1862. Transferred to 10th New York Heavy Artillery as Companies "B," "D," "E" and "M," December 31, 1862. (See 10th Heavy Artillery.)
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
5th BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY ("2nd BATTALION BLACK RIVER ARTILLERY").
Organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 18, 1362. Transferred to 10th New York Heavy Artillery as Companies "A," "C," "F" and "G" December 31, 1862.
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
7th BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY.-("4th BATTALION BLACK RIVER ARTILLERY.")
Organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A" and "B" September 12, 1862; Company "A," C" November 12, 1862, and Company "D" December 27, 1862. Companies "A," "B" and "D" moved to Washington, D. C., September 20, 1862, and garrison duty there till December. Company "D" on duty at Fort Schuyler, New York Harbor. Battalion transferred to 10th New York Heavy Artillery December 31, 1862, as Companies "H," "I," "K" and "L." (See 10th New York Heavy Artillery.)

In 1865 Jonathan and his family moved from NY to Juneau Co, WI to start a new life on an eighty acre farm.
John was widowed by that time and is listed on the 1880 census for Wonewoc, Juneau Co, WI living with A. Warner and his wife, Lucinda.
I don’t know much more is known about him at this time. He is buried at East Thorp Village Cemetery, Clark Co, WI. There is no date of death.

William Sweet Warner

William S. Warner was b 30 May 1833 in Jefferson NY.
In the Civil War he served as a private in Co C of the 16th WI Infantry from 28 Mar 1864 till 12 July 1865

16th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in January 31, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 13, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-20. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth till September 17. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Ordered to Grand Junction November 2 and duty there till November 28. Grant’s Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad to December 28. Moved to Moscow and duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till January 10, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, thence to Young’s Point, La., January 17, and to Lake Providence March 8. Action at Old River, Lake Providence, February 10. Provost duty at Lake Providence till August. Pin Hook and Caledonia Bayou. Macon, May 10. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Near Lake Providence June 9. Moved to Red Bone Church August 1 and duty there till February 5, 1864. Garrison duty at Vicksburg till March 4. Veterans on furlough March and April. Non-veterans on duty at Vicksburg till April 5, then joined Regiment at Cairo, Ill. Veterans moved to Cairo, Ill., April 20-22. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., May 4, thence march to Ackworth, Ga. Via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Howell’s Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett’s or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Barker¿s Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1. Salkehatchie Swamp February 2-5. Binnaker’s Bridge, South Edisto, February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. Averysboro , N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett’s House April 26.

Grand Review in Washington D. C., May 23, 1865

Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 7. Mustered out July 12, 1865.

Regiment lost during service--6 Officers and 141 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.

William came to WI. in 1868,bringing his Mother to Juneau Co, WI to be reunited with his father, who had come to WI. in 1865. He settled on an eighty acre farm with his parents. Later he came to Clark Co. WI and settled on a farm west of Thorp, Clark Co, WI where he would live out his life.

William Sweet Warner is shown on the 1890 Thorp Census for Veterans from the Civil War.
He died 8 July 1897 at his farm home one mile west of Thorp, Clark Co, WI. at the age
of 64. He had suffered with rheumatism for several years before his death.
His wife had died four years before his death.

His children were listed as follows:
Sons, Monroe of Elroy, WI; Martlo; Omer: Arie: Otto: and Willie
Daughters, Mrs. Wm Bowie and Ethel.
Three brothers Sylvanus Sweet, and Jonathan B of Clark Co, WI also survived him and James A Warner of Plessisy, NY and a sister Mrs. Nancy Cradle of Neeham, WI.

A delegation of members of the local G.A.R. acted as pallbearers at the funeral which took place at his home with Rev C.W. Meacham of the Baptist Church conducting the services. Burial took place at the Thorp Village Cemetery, Withee
Clark Co, WI.

Sylvanus Sweet Warner

Sylvanus Sweet Warner

Sylvanus Sweet Warner was born 1 April 1846 in a log cabin on the bank of the Indian River near Theresa High Fall in the town of Theresa, Jefferson Co., New York and was the son of Stephen A. and Elizabeth (Sweet) Warner.  His father was a farmer by occupation and was a native of Montgomery Co., NY.  The parents had eleven children, five that include Jonathan B., William S., James A. and the object of this sketch, Sylvanus S. Warner.

When 13 years of age, he spent a winter in a logging camp in Ontario, Canada, where a crew of 100 men hewed out ship timbers with broad axes.  Later, he worked along the Hudson River and on dairy farms in Jefferson County.

He enlisted in Co. F 20th NY Calvary on 10 Aug 1863 and served until 31 July 1865 mustering out at Rockfield, near Richmond VA. His regiment formed part of the Army under General Grant and other leaders. His rank was private.

20th Regiment, New York Cavalry

Organized at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A" to "G" September 3, 1863; Company "H" September 4, 1863; Companies "I" and "K" September 17; "L" September 22, 1863, and Company "M" September 23, 1863. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 30; thence moved to Portsmouth, Va., by Detachments October and November, 1863. Attached to United States Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. Heckman’s Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Defences of Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. District of Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1865. Company "D" attached to Separate Brigade, Defences of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Army of the James, December, 1864, to June, 1865. Company "F" at Port Powhattan, Separate Brigade, Defences of Bermuda Hundred, Va., December, 1864, to June, 1865. Company "G" attached to 1st Brigade, McKenzie’s Cavalry Division, Army of the James, March to June, 1865. Company "I" with Provisional Division, Army of the James, March to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Portsmouth, Va., November, 1863, to December, 1864. Action at Smithfield, Va., February 1, 1864. Suffolk February 20. Chuckatuck June 6. Wood’s Mills Hill June 24. South Quay July 3. Expedition from Suffolk into North Carolina July 27-August 4. Winston, N. C., July 29. Guiam’s Ford, N. C., August 12. Jamestown Island September 3. Expedition from Bermuda Mills to Murfrees Depot, N. C., October 15-17 (Cos. "D," "I" and "K"). Blackwater October 16. Before Petersburg and Richmond December, 1864, to April, 1865. Expedition from Portsmouth to Hertford, N. C., December 6-10, 1864 (Detachment). Operations about Broadwater River and Chowan River December 11-19. Darbytown Road January 18, 1865. Appomattox Campaign April 1-9 (Cos. "G" and "I"). Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Deep Creek April 3-4. Rice’s Station April 6. Burke’s Station April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till July. (Co. "D" at Fort Pocohontas December, 1864, to June, 1865; Co. "F" at Fort Powhatan December, 1864, to June, 1865.) Mustered out July 31, 1865, and honorably discharged from service.

Regiment lost during service--5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 125 Enlisted men by disease. Total 132

Sylvanus married 20 Oct 1866 at Lafargeville, NY. to Phoebe Jane Worden.  Phoebe was born 5 May 1851 in Theresa Co. NY. (Some sources list Jefferson Co., NY).  She was the daughter of Darius Warden.
They would have the following children: William; Susan, Lucinda, Abi, and Elizabeth.

William (Bill) was b 11 Nov 1867 and would become a farmer in Eidsvold, Clark County. He married Nellie Prouty and had a child, Stephen.

Abi b 15 Feb 1870 near Mauston. She came to Thorp in 1874 with her parents . She married first Otto Evenson who died in April 1910 leaving seven children: Ernest, John, Ellen, Oscar, Laura, Phebe, and Susie. She married William Tunison of Hannibal, Clark Co, WI and had another child, Sylvanus.

Elizabeth, (Lizzie) b 23 June 1872 married William E Powell of Mobridge, SD and they had the following children Harriett, Lucille, Lydia, Chester A, Cole A. and Arbutus

Lucinda b 7 Mar 1875 later married Roy B Brown, of Clark Co, WI. and later of Harligen, TX. and they had three children Angus, Leo and Haskell.

Susan b 21 June 1880 later married William R Allen of Eidsvold, Clark Co, WI.

Sylvanus & Family came to Juneau, WI in 1868 and settled eight miles south of Mauston where he resided until May 4, 1874.

His was the first wagon to go through from Neillsville to Chippewa Falls his nearest post office was Edson, in Chippewa County, about eleven miles distant. While living in Juneau County he plowed the ground where the city of Elroy now stands. He settled in this county among Indians and wild animals, and the former had a large pow-wow dance near his place, in which over 200 participated.

On 4 May 1874 six years after they had moved from New York to Juneau, WI. they again moved to Hixon Township, Clark Co, WI. They made the trip by oxen in ten days and settled on 160 acre tract and built a log cabin in four days. They would live in that log cabin until 1878 when a larger log house was built.

This home would be the first home built in Thorp Township, (formerly a part of Hixon) after its’ organization. Later in 1884 he built a much larger modern house and a barn and other out buildings. All in all he would live on this farm for over forty years.  The farm would be in Section 27,Thorp Township, Clark Co. WI.

Mr. Warner cleaned up all 160 acres and established a reputation for breeding Shropshire sheep that he felt were more productive than cattle.

Sylvanus Warner was one of the organizers of Thorp Township in 1876; was a member of the first Board of Supervisors; and was a member of the local School Board for sixteen years.

In 1877 he became the first mail carrier, carrying mail between Thorp and Chippewa Falls, WI There was no railroad or even a continuous road between those two points and his wagon was the first to travel that distance between Longwood and Boyd.

On Oct 20,1916 Sylvanus & Phoebe celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with all their children being present and a host of friends.

While not affiliated with a particular church the Warners did attend the M.E. Church.

From the History of Clark Co, WI 1918 it seems he spent several years in Harligen TX.
Mr. Warner has spent three winters in Harlingen, Texas, and April 1, 1936 the people of that city gave a birthday party for him at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Brown, two other veterans of the Civil War being among the guests
Sylvanus Warner is shown on the 1890 Thorp Census for Veterans from the Civil War.

Sylvanus Sweet Warner d 5 Jan 1939, age 92, of aggravated illness brought on by old age.  He had been a resident of Clark Co, WI. for forty-three years. He had seventeen grandchildren and forty-one great grandchildren. His daughter, Susan, Mrs. W.R. Allen had cared for him in his last days.

The Rev. Wendall Bennett of Plainfield officiated and he was buried at Eidsvold Cemetery, Clark Co, WI. Pallbearers were Ernest Nimbar, John Rossman, Walter Bohn, Amos & Issac Sisco and a Mr. Fenstemacher.

Only two Civil War veterans in Clark Co WI. survived him - Albert Darton and Thomas Goodell both of Loyal, Clark Co, WI.

***(See the 5-generations photo above) Sylvanus Sweet Warner

S. S. Warner, a great-grandfather, is the last Civil War veteran of the village of Thorp and the oldest continuous resident of the Thorp territory.

Mr. Warner was born in a log cabin on the bank of Indian River near Theresa High Fall in the town of Theresa, Jefferson Co., N.Y., April 1, 1846.

When 13 years of age he spent a winter in a logging camp in Ontario, Canada, where a crew of 100 men hewed out ship timbers with broad axes. Later he worked along the Hudson River and on dairy farms in Jefferson County.

He served in Company F. 20th New York Cavalry, volunteers, during the Civil War.

Mr. Warner married Phebe Jane Warden at Fargeville, New York, Oct. 20, 1866. Five children were born , all of whom are still living.

In 1869 he came to Wisconsin and settled near Mauston, Juneau Co. Later, May 14, 1874, he moved to northern Clark County and settled on a homestead in the town of Thorp, Clark Co., Wis. He resided there 40 years and then moved to the village of Thorp, where he has since resided.

Mr. Warner has spent three winters in Harlingen, Texas, and April 1, 1936 the people of that city gave a birthday party for him at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Brown, two other veterans of the Civil War being among the guests.

Mrs. W.C. "Abie" Tunison, of Jump River, oldest daughter of Mr. Warner, was born near Maruson, Feb. 15, 1870. She came to the town of Thorp in 1874 with her parents and has resided in that locality ever since

Mrs. Claus "Ellen" Kolpien of Chippewa Falls, oldest daughter of Mrs. Tunison, was born at Eidsvold, Clark County.

Mrs. Margaret Rasmussen of Gilman, oldest daughter of Mrs. Kolpien, was born in the town of Worden, Clark County.

Julius Rasmussen, aged 2 years, is the son of Mrs. Rasmussen--Thorp Courier, submitted by Carol Purkis Mitte.  (Return to beginning)

James A Warner

James A Warner was b 14 Jan 1837.
Lani Note/ March 2006 I believe this is the son who did not emigrate to WI. He served in the Civil War in Battery D of the 1st NY Light Artillery.

BATTERY "D," 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Organized at Elmira, N. Y., and mustered in September 6, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 31, 1861. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Hooker's 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to July, 1862. Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Divlsion, 3rd Army Corps, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, D. C., to March, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Bottom's Bridge May 24. Battle of Seven Pines (or Fair Oaks) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Savage Station and Peach Orchard June 29. Turkey Bridge (or Malvern Cliff) June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16, and in the Defences of Washington, D. C., near Fairfax Seminary, Munson's Hill and at Fairfax Station till November 25. Rappahannock Campaign December, 1862, to June, 1863. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13 to August 1. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Wapping Heights July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Grove November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. Duty near Brandy Station till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. "Bloody Angle" (Assault on the Salient) May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 21-23, 1864. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Varuna Road September 29. Poplar Grove Church September 30-October 1. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton White Oak Roads March 29-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 16, 1865.

Battery lost during service--1 Officer and 12 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 27.

Most of his brothers’ obituaries in Wisconsin list James as follows:
"James Warner of Plessisy, NY" so I am assuming you remained in NY your entire life.
 

Lani note/March 2006 Doing some more research on the internet I have discovered that the correct spelling is Plessis, NY
I am also working with someone in NY to obtain more information on James Warner and will update this bio when I receive this information.

Lani Update/April 2006
I received an email this moring (Sunday, April 9,2006) from Debbie Quick of The Historical Association of South Jefferson Co ,at hasjeff@imcnet.net . The email confirmed James Warner died 24 April,1899 and is buried in the Plessis NY Cemetery. His wife, Nancy d 14 Jan 1869 at 54 years old. Debbie also suggested for more information to contact the Alexandria Historical Society, Comwall Brothers Bldg. Alexandria Bay, NY 13607 Phone 1-315-482-4586