Warner, Susan

(1819-1885), wrote ‘‘ The Wide, Wide World,’ the most popular novel by an American except ‘‘ Uncle Tom’sCab in.” She also published ‘‘ Queechy,’’ and other novels. Warren, Gouverneur Kemble -(1830-1882), graduated at West Point in 1850. In the Civil War he was continuously in the Army of the Potomac. He was a colonel at Big Bethel, commanded a brigade in the Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, Antietam and Fred ericks burg, was chief engineer of the army at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; in the latter struggle he seized the important position of Little Round Top. He was distinguished as commander of a corps at Centreville, October, 1863, and led a corps through the Wilderne , North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg campaign, until at the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, he was removed by Sheridan. In 1879 he reached the grade of lieutenant-colonel in the regular army. 354