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==Birth==
Peter W. Warner was born in Berne<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref><ref name="Heroes of Albany">Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, "Heroes of Albany; A memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County", 1867</ref> circa 1846<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>, son of [[John Warner 2nd| John Warner]] and [[Catherine West]].<ref name="Muster">Mustering Out Papers of Peter W. Warner</ref> He was the brother of [[George H. Warner]], who also died as a result of disease caught while he was serving in the Civil War.

==Marriage and Children==
Peter did not marry.<ref name="Muster"/>

==Occupation==
Farmer<ref name="Muster"/><ref name="Carnival"/>

==Appearance==
He had gray eyes, sandy hair, a light complexion, and was 5 ft., 6 in. tall.<ref name="Muster"/>


==Military Service==
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|Residence:
|Berne<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Berne, NY
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|Names of Parents:
|John (Warner) and Catherine West<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Occupation:
|Day Laborer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|6 January 1864 at 18<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Heroes of Albany"/><ref name="Muster"/>
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|Enlistment Place:
|Troy and then Albany, New York<ref name="Muster"/> 
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Heroes of Albany"/>
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|Company:
|M<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Captured Date:
|14 Jun 1864<ref name="Muster"/> or 16 Jun 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Captured at:
|Petersburg<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Muster"/>
|-
|Imprisoned at:
|Andersonville, GA<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Muster"/>
|-
|Death Date:
|16 Nov 1864<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Heroes of Albany"/><ref name="Muster"/>
|-
|Death Place:
|Andersonville Prison, GA.<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Heroes of Albany"/><ref name="Muster"/><ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|}
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|Additional Remarks:  <!--Your Remarks Here-->Died of disease<ref name="Muster"/> or starvation<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Heroes of Albany"/>."Died at Andersonville Ga of Starvation Nov 16, 1864"<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; 1865 census, Berne, Albany Co., NY; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, "Heroes of Albany; A memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County", 1867; Mustering out papers of Peter W. Warner; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
|}

==Death==
Peter W. Warner died on Nov 16, 1864 of disease<ref name="Muster"/> or starvation<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Heroes of Albany"/> as a POW from Company M, 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 16 Nov 1864 at Andersonville, GA.<ref name="Heroes of Albany"/><ref name="Muster"/><ref name="Carnival"/> 

==Additional Research Notes== <!--DELETE THIS LINE IF NOT NEEDED-->
His mustering out papers as a result of his death gave his age as 18 when he enlisted on 6 Jan. 1844 at Troy and then Albany. He  was a Pvt. when he died 16 Nov. 1844 at Andersonville, GA. of disease.   He had been previously reported as missing at Petersburg on 14 June. He was single and his parents were John and Catherine West. He was born in Berne, Albany Co. and was 18 when he enlisted. He had gray eyes, sandy hair, a light complexion, and was 5 ft., 6 in. tall.
===[[Heroes of Albany]]===
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, "Heroes of Albany; A memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County", 1867
''PETER WILLIAM WARNER was born in Bern, and enlisted in the Seventh Regiment,  January 6, 1864.  He died at [[Andersonville]], Ga., of starvation, November 16, 1864.''
===[[Diaries of George H. Warner]]===
The diaries of his brother.

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=== '''[[Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''===
Died at Andersonville Ga of Starvation Nov 16, 1864


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