Fletcher Gustavus Warner

In 1860 he was a 23 year old farmer at Montrose, Susquehanna County, PA. He enlisted on 18 February 1862 and mustered into service as a Private in Company G, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry on 20 March.

He was wounded in both legs in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was discharged for disability on a Surgeon's Certificate on 27 March 1863, and was granted an invalid pension in April 1863.

By 1870 he was back farming in Montrose, PA. In 1880 he was a grocer there and by 1900 and to at least 1920 a "government official" and court crier, living next door to his son Nelson C Warner, a dry goods merchant.

Basic service information from Bates1 with details from his pension records. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave. Thanks to Charles' great-great-grandson Jim Lafferty for the pointer via Facebook to Fletcher and Charles Warner's relationship.

He married Martha Matilda Backus (1841-1874) in October 1859 and they had 3 children. He married again, Mary Emily Bushnell (1847-1927) in May 1878 and they added a daughter, Louise.

His brother Charles Nelson Warner was at Antietam as a Lieutenant with Battery D, 2nd United States Artillery. The third brother, Edson Scott Warner (1834-1918) was also a Private in the 50th Infantry, then Lieutenant and Captain in the 56th Pennsylvania (3/62 - 2/63).

01/25/1837; Bridgewater, PA

10/03/1926; Montrose, PA; burial in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, PA