15 Facts About Willard Warner

Willard Warner was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Willard Warner was a US senator from the state of Alabama after the war.

Willard Warner's great-grandfather was Luke Knowlton, a founder of Newfane, Vermont, and a leader of Vermont during the American Revolution.

Willard Warner graduated from Marietta College, and founded the Newark Machine Works in Newark, Ohio.

Willard Warner was the brother-in-law of future Civil War general Charles R Woods of Newark.

In December 1861, Warner joined the volunteer army as major of the 76th Ohio Infantry.

Willard Warner served in several battles in the Western Theater, including the Battle of Fort Donelson, the Siege of Corinth, and the Vicksburg Campaign.

Willard Warner served on the staff of William T Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign as the inspector general.

Willard Warner received the brevet ranks of brigadier general and major general of volunteers to rank from March 13,1865, and mustered out in July of that year.

Willard Warner served one term in the Ohio State Senate immediately after the war, removed to the South in 1867, where he engaged in cotton-planting and was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in the succeeding year.

Willard Warner was the last Republican to hold the seat until Jeff Sessions' election in 1996.

Willard Warner did not win reelection, turned down Grant's tendered appointment as Governor of New Mexico, and returned to Alabama and later to Tennessee to pursue various business interests.

Willard Warner was collector of customs at Mobile, Alabama, from July 1871 until February 1872, when he declined the appointment of Governor of New Mexico, as he did the diplomatic post of Minister to Argentina.

Willard Warner was a member of the Republican National Convention of 1868.

Willard Warner died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark, Ohio.