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(GETTYSBURG DOUBLE AMPUTEE CDV)

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(GETTYSBURG DOUBLE AMPUTEE CDV)
"A great CDV of Pvt. George Warner, 20th Conn. Vol., sitting with his family after losing both arms at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Interestingly, Warner was the victim of friendly fire. While fighting Ewell's Confederates at Culp's Hill the 20th came under fire from a Union battery. Colonel Wooster, commanding the 20th, requested that the battery commander redirect his fire. An orderly was dispatched carrying a refusal from the battery commander. While delivering his dispatch the orderly and colonel witnessed Pvt. Warner lose both arms, ripped away by a shell from the battery. Appalled, Col. Wooster wheeled his regiment around and readied the men to charge their own battery. Then he sent word back with the orderly that he would charge the battery unless its line of fire was redirected. Wooster's maneuver had the desired effect and the guns where leveled to send their shells into the Confederate lines. Warner went on to raise a large family and run a successful merchant business in Connecticut. Pictured are Warner, his wife (who holds a grape shot for the camera), and children. Back stamp by Peck, New Haven, Connecticut with rounded corners, else near fine." 2417 A great CDV of Pvt. George Warner, 20th Conn. Vol., sitting with his family after losing both arms at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Interestingly, Warner was the victim of friendly fire. While fighting Ewell's Confederates at Culp's Hill the 20th came under fire from a Union battery. Colonel Wooster, commanding the 20th, requested that the battery commander redirect his fire. An orderly was dispatched carrying a refusal from the battery commander. While delivering his dispatch the orderly and colonel witnessed Pvt. Warner lose both arms, ripped away by a shell from the battery. Appalled, Col. Wooster wheeled his regiment around and readied the men to charge their own battery. Then he sent word back with the orderly that he would charge the battery unless its line of fire was redirected. Wooster's maneuver had the desired effect and the guns where leveled to send their shells into the Confederate lines. Warner went on to raise a large family and run a successful merchant business in Connecticut. Pictured are Warner, his wife (who holds a grape shot for the camera), and children. Back stamp by Peck, New Haven, Connecticut with rounded corners, else near fine.