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| Maj John Yager | |
| | Learn about sponsoring this memorial... | | Birth: | unknown | | Death: | Jun. 27, 1864 |
Major 121st Ohio
Killed in battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.
Interred in Marietta in section G, grave A.
-Ohio Roster Roll of Honor
Among the dead we mourn the gallant Maj. John Yager. Absent on duty in Ohio when the campaign commenced, he asked to be relieved and hastened to join his regiment. His high sense of honor would not permit him to be absent from his command in the hour of peril and danger. He joined us at Dallas on the 30th of May, and in less than a month, on the 27th of June. At the assault upon the enemy's works at Kenesaw, at his post on the left of the regiment, cheering on the men, he received three mortal wounds, from which he died before he could be taken from the field. - No. 139. Report of Col. Henry B. Banning, One hundred and twenty-first Ohio Infantry. OR Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), page 707
Interesting twist to this story...
Major John Yager is listed in the VA grave locator as being interred in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
YAGER, JOHN
MAJOR INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 06/27/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION G SITE 8835
and in Findagrave
Then, in the
1803. History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest A Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc
Speaking of the death of Major Yager, Adjutant Fitch says, in a letter to his bereaved widow:
Early yesterday morning our regiment with the remainder of the army were drawn up in line for a charge on the enemy's lines. At a given signal we advanced; the enemy fell back before us, but the price of victory was a dear one. It was directly in front of the enemy's works, foremost in the line of his duty, that Major Yager fell. He was wounded in three places—in the left arm just below the shoulder, through both thighs and in the right knee. His pistol and memorandum book were taken from his body by the enemy, who controlled the ground on which he fell. Nothing else about his person was disturbed. His body will be sent home directed to S. S. Tuttle, of Fredericktown. His wounds were of such a character that he must have died soon. He looked calm and peaceful. The major was generous, brave, and possessed true nobility of soul; he was true to his family and friends, and died as a soldier wishes to die—facing his foes.
| | | Burial:
Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta
Cobb County
Georgia, USA
Plot: Section G grave A |
Created by: Janet
Record added: Dec 25, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 32402554 |
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