 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1861, Warner akabatana neuto revazvipiri samukuru we76th Ohio Infantry. Akashanda muhondo dzinoverengeka muWestern Theater, kusanganisira Hondo yeFort Donelson, Kurwiswa kweKorinde, uye Hondo yeVicksburg. Muna 1863 akava lieutenant colonel we regiment, iyo yaakatungamirira kubva kuVicksburg kuenda kuChattanooga. Akashanda muvashandi vaWilliam T. Sherman panguva yeAtlanta Campaign semutariri mukuru. 