Captain John Quincy Adams Warren / US Army

John Quincy Adams Warren, son of David and Annie H. (Smith) Warren, was born at Winthrop, ME, on August 5, 1826, and killed in battle in Louisiana on October 27, 1862. He was educated in the common schools of his native place and came to Nashua to reside when he was fourteen years old. He was employed for two years at the mills of the Nashua Manufacturing Company, and afterwards in the bobbin and shuttle works on Water Street. (Author’s Note: This was probably the Eaton and Ayer Company, a large employer in Nashua at the time.)

In 1857, he became a clerk in a store on Main Street, where he remained until the Civil War broke out. Warren was an enthusiastic member of the Nashua Fire Department and foreman of Niagara Company for eleven years. (Author’s Note: Today, fire equipment is designated with a number. IE Engine 1, Ladder 4 Truck 3, etc. During Warren’s time, each piece of firefighting equipment was given a name and the men assigned to it were said to be part of that company.) 

He enlisted in the Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers and was commissioned a Captain. (Author’s Note: The 8th New Hampshire Infantry was organized at Camp Currier in Manchester, NH and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 23, 1861, under the command of Colonel Hawkes Fearing, Jr. The regiment was attached to Butler’s New Orleans Expedition to March 1862. 1st Brigade, Department of the Gulf, to November 1862. Independent Command, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to September 1863. The 8th New Hampshire Infantry ceased to exist in December 1863 when its designation was changed to the 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry.) 

In the first battle in which that command was engaged, at Labadieville, Assumption Parish, LA, and while in advance of his company, Warren fell, mortally wounded. His body was buried near where he fell, and a few months later, disinterred and forwarded to Nashua, where it was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, and the firemen and citizens erected a beautiful monument. 

(Author’s Note: It would appear that Warren’s remains were not forwarded to Nashua until early January, 1863. An entry in the Nashua Fire Dept. log of January 6, 1863, notes: ‘At the regular monthly meeting, it was voted that the Company would parade for the funeral activities for the recently deceased John Warren, a former Engineer with the Company.’ A funeral was held for him on Friday, January 9, 1863. A Nashua Telegraph for that date was not accessible.)

Camp John Q. A. Warren, Sons of Veterans, was named in his honour. He was a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., and attended the First Congregational Church. 

Captain Warren was united in marriage on June 14, 1851, with Maria J. Worcester, daughter of Orvill and Nancy (Williams) Worcester. The marriage produced a son and a daughter.

Source: History of the City of Nashua, NH, from the Earliest Settlement of Old Dunstable to the Year 1895 by Judge Edward E. Parker / Published by Telegraph Publishing Company 1897

Edited for brevity and clarity and submitted by Gary Ledoux

US Service Personnel Profiles
 By Gary Ledoux February 13, 2026