Antique Civil War Letter to Norwich Cadets, Signed General Warner 11th Vermont For Sale

Really cool short letter (dated Aug 2 with no year) to the Norwich cadets requesting them to drill tomorrow morning, signed by Colonel JM Warner of the 11th Vermont Volunteers.

James Meech Warner was a New England manufacturer and eventually became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as Colonel from 1862-64, so this letter must’ve been written in 1863 or 1864, as they were was the only years he was a Colonel in the month of August.

About Warner:

Warner agreed to an offer by the State of Vermont to lead a volunteer regiment and he was appointed colonel on September 1, 1862, and assigned to command 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 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called for more troops to support his Overland Campaign. The 11th Vermont joined the 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.

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