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Civil War Soldiers - Warren
| Warren, Fitz Henry, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Brimfield, Mass., in 1816. In 1844 he went to
Burlington, Ia., where he became interested in journalism and
politics. He was appointed second assistant postmaster-general in
1849, afterward served as first assistant; was a member of the Iowa
state senate in 1866; minister to Guatemala in 1867-68; and was a
presidential elector on the Iowa Democratic ticket in 1872. During the
war he was in command of the 1st Ia. cavalry, and in 1862 was promoted
to be brigadier-general of volunteers, and major-general of volunteers
by brevet. In journalism he was connected with the "Burlington
Hawkeye" (Iowa), of which he was for a time the editor, and with the
New York "Tribune" and "Sun." Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Warren, Gouverneur K., major-general,
U.S. Army, was born at Cold Spring, Putnam county, N. Y., Jan. 8,
1830. He entered the United States military academy in 1846; was
graduated in 1850; was assigned to the topographical engineers; was
employed in surveys on the lower Mississippi in 1850-54; in the West
in 1855-59 as chief topographical engineer on Gen. William S. Harney's
staff; in the preparation of rail- road maps in Dakota and Nebraska,
and was the first explorer of the Black hills. In 1859 he became
assistant professor of mathematics at West Point; in May, 1861,
lieutenant-colonel of the 5th N. Y. infantry (Zouaves), and in August
its colonel. At Big Bethel he remained on the field to bring off the
body of Lieut. Greble. After serving before Yorktown he received
command of a brigade in Sykes' division, Porter's corps, on the right
of the Army of the Potomac. In that campaign he took part in various
battles; but was slightly wounded at Gaines' mill; was engaged under
Pope at Manassas; lost half of his regiment at Antietam; was made
brigadier-general of volunteers on Sept. 26, 1862, and served under
Burnside at Fredericksburg. On Feb. 2, 1863, he was placed on Hooker's
staff as chief of topographical engineers, and on June 8 was appointed
chief engineer of the Potomac. At Gettysburg on July 2, he occupied
and defended Little Round Top, the key to the Federal position. In
August he was commissioned major-general of volunteers, dating from
Chancellorsville, May 3. On Oct. 14 he repulsed A. P. Hill at Bristoe
Station and was praised by Meade for "skill and promptitude." At Mine
run he used his discretion in not carrying out a movement ordered by
Meade and was approved for so doing. From the reorganization of the
army in March, 1864, he had command of the 5th corps and led it in the
bloody actions of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, etc. He gave up his
volunteer commission on May 27, 1865, having been made captain in the
regular army in Sept., 1861 and major in June, 1864, and having
received in succession all the brevets up to major-general. A soldier
to the core, he never left the army, conducted various surveys and
reached the grade of lieutenant-colonel in 1879. Gen. Warren died at
Newport, R. I., Aug 8, 1882.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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