William Warren: Wounded Warrior

Another in our Civil War series from the Union-Sun & Journal, this one details William Warren, a Lockport attorney. Originally appeared in the USJ in 2011.

Sunlight glinted off the cold steel of bayonets lining the edge of the woods.   Boys and men, dressed in blue wool, shifted nervously as they stared across the harvested wheat field toward rebel positions nestled in the forest covering the sides of Cedar Mountain.  The rush of cannonballs passing overhead, exploding all around added to the cacophony of the screams of wounded and dying men.  The plight of the Union Army under the continuous onslaught of Confederate artillery was so dire that a grave decision was made to help stave off rising casualties.