21 Facts About Clement Warner

Clement Edson Warner was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War.

Clement Warner served with the 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and commanded the regiment near the end of the war.

Clement Warner later served in the Wisconsin State Senate and the Assembly, representing Dane County.

Clement Warner was educated in public schools in New York, and then at the Sun Prairie Seminary.

Clement Warner enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in 1857 and taught school for a number of years, but he enjoyed farming and chose to make that his primary occupation.

Clement Warner's brigade, located near the right end of the Union line, was directed to make a demonstration against the enemy in an attempt to compel them to remain in position.

Captain Clement Warner was placed in command of the skirmishers, leading companies B, E, G, and F from the 36th Wisconsin to advance against the enemy position under fire.

Colonel John A Savage, were promoted, and Captain Warner was selected as the third field officer, receiving the rank of major.

Colonel Brown was unable to return to duty but was nevertheless commissioned colonel; Major Clement Warner was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and had effective command of the regiment for the next several months.

Colonel Clement Warner was shot and had to leave the field, leaving the regiment under the command of Captain Austin Cannon.

Clement Warner's arm had been shattered by the bullet and had to be amputated.

Clement Warner spent most of the rest of 1864 recuperating.

The decisive Battle of Appomattox Court House occurred on April 9,1865, and Colonel Clement Warner had the honor of being present at the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Clement Warner did not run for a second two-year term in 1868.

Clement Warner made another run for office in 1873 in Dane County's 2nd Assembly district, which then comprised the towns of Blooming Grove, Burke, Dunn and Windsor, and the city of Madison, but was defeated by the Reform Party candidate, Philo Dunning.

Clement Warner was one of the leading organizers in the establishment of a public high school at Windsor.

Clement Warner suffered Kidney failure and died on May 20,1916, at his home in Windsor.

Clement Warner was an 8th generation descendant of Andrew Warner, an early settler at the Massachusetts Bay Colony who came to the country as an indentured servant and earned his freedom in 1634.

Eliza and Clement Warner both died in the spring of 1916, at their home in Windsor, Wisconsin.

The eldest son of Clement Warner was Ernest Noble Warner, who went on to serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1905.

Elizabeth's son, Clement Warner's great-grandson, was Fred A Risser, the longest-serving member in the history of the Wisconsin Legislature, who represented Dane County in the Wisconsin Senate from 1962 until 2021.