Hamner enlisted in the Charlotte (VA) Light Artillery on September 23, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on April 1, 1862, to 2nd lieutenant on May 23, 1862 and to 1st lieutenant on December 31, 1864. He was paroled at Greensboro, NC on April 29, 1865.
After the war, he remained in North Carolina, where he was a salesman in High Point in 1880 and 1900. He is listed in the 1911 city directory in Asheville, NC as a traveling salesamn. He died on November 10, 1916 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Iredell County, NC.
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