The Life of HENRY WARNER
Henry Warner, Jr. enrolled in Captain John Jay Young’s Independent Battery G (aka the Pittsburgh Heavy Artillery) in August 1862 and was appointed Sixth Sergeant of the Battery at Camp Curtin near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Warner arrived at Fort Delaware with the battery on August 23, 1862 and rose through the ranks serving as quartermaster sergeant and orderly sergeant (first sergeant) before being promoted to junior second lieutenant. He served as Acting Post Adjutant of Fort Delaware and was assigned to command Ten Gun Battery at Reedy Point in November 1864. Lieutenant Warner departed Fort Delaware on June 13, 1865 with Battery G and was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1865.