Gen. William Warren Stewart

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Husband Gen. William Warren Stewart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Aug 1836 - York Springs, Huntington Twp, Adams Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Dr. William Rippey Stewart (1802-1867) 4 5
         Mother: Diana McKinney (1808-1893) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. William Warren Stewart

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He was educated at the Cumberland Valley Institute and at the Juniata Academy, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. At the latter institution he gave much attention to the study of mathematics and civil engineering with the intention of becoming a civil engineer. In 1857 he became a member of a corps of United States engineers, engaged in the survey of government lands in Nebraska. In 1859 he returned to his father's home in York Springs, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and shortly afterward obtained employment with the Adams Express Company at Baltimore. At the outbreak of the Civil war he returned to York Springs. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, and upon arriving in camp at West Chester, two weeks later, was made first sergeant of his company. In September of the same year he was made first lieutenant of Company K, and was made adjutant of the regiment in November, 1861, and promoted to captain, June 30, 1862. At Charles City Cross Roads, during the seven days' battle of the peninsula, he was wounded by a minie ball through the left thigh. After being confined in Libby prison until September he was paroled, and when his exchange was effected he took command of his company. On March 1, 1863, he was made lieutenant-colonel of his regiment, which at that time was a part of the 22d Army Corps, in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was made brevet colonel and brevet brigadier-general, March 13, 1865. His first brevet was for gallant conduct in the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. He was mustered out with his regiment, June 13, 1864. Gen. Stewart was engaged in many battles, including Drainesville, Hawkshurst Mills, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Charles City Cross Roads, Fredericksburg, New Hope Church, Mine Run, Rappahannock Station, Spottsylvania Court House, the Wilderness, North Anna, Pamunkey River, Cold Harbor, Bethesda and Gettysburg. He was slightly wounded in the side by a piece of shell at North Anna. At Gettysburg Colonel Stewart came on the battleground with his regiment early in the morning of the second day having marched thirty-five miles the day previous. The regiment occupied Little Round Top, and was in the charge that recovered the ground lost by the 1st and 2d Divisions of the 5th Corps. He had charge of the skirmishers that afternoon and night, and continued on duty until the charge of his brigade on the third day that was personally ordered by Gen. Meade. The brigade lay on the battlefield that night, making forty-two hours of service without rest. Col. Stewart was commissioned colonel of the 192d Regiment, P. V., March 15, 1865, and with his regiment participated in the campaign against Richmond and later was in some of the skirmishes in the Shenandoah Valley. Part of the time he was in command of the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, Army of the Shenandoah. After the surrender of Gen. Lee he had, as brigade commander, charge of the post at Staunton, Virginia, which embraced Harrisonburg and Lexington. In July, 1865, he was assigned to command the post at Harper's Ferry, and was mustered out Aug. 24, 1865. His brevet as a brigadier-general was for gallant conduct at North Anna River. He was one of the very few soldiers of the Union who entered the service as a private in 1861 and came out a brigadier-general in 1865.
After the Civil war he returned to York Springs, where he resumed his profession as a civil engineer. In 1878 he came to Chambersburg, where he built the Mont Alto railroad, serving the Cumberland Valley railroad as an engineer until 1881, when he entered the service of the Pittsburg & Atlantic Railroad Co. He was afterward engaged with the Pittsburg, Bradford & Buffalo Railroad Co., and built the Stewartstown railroad, in York County, in 1884. He then went to Richmond, Virginia, where he was engaged in engineering work for the United States Government at the National Cemetery. In 1888 he returned to the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co., to take charge of the line from Martinsburg, West Virginia, to Winchester, Virginia. Later he served with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, on the Schuylkill Valley division. In 1890 he came back to Chambersburg and took charge of a field corps. He became supervisor of the Cumberland Valley tracks in 1892.
In politics he was a Republican, and a Presbyterian in religion.

1 Editor, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 463.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 56.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 58.

4 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 197.

5 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 55.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 59.