Civil War Union Army officer. Served with the Fifth Ohio Infantry Regiment, April 20, 1861 to July 26, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of a carpenter. In 1860 he went to Centreville, Indiana, and later in the same year to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in his trade until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was one of the first to respond to the call of his country in that struggle, in which he served with gallantry from the beginning until its close. On April 20, 1861, he entered the army as second sergeant of Company D, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out with his regiment, June 18, 1861, on which day he re-enlisted to serve three years in the same company, of which he was appointed first sergeant. On March 11, 1862, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and on September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, he received a gunshot wound through his right side. He was promoted first lieutenant, October 3, 1862, and assigned to Company E of the same regiment, and on May 24, 1863, was promoted captain. On March 20, 1864, he married Lydia S. Leighton in Philadelphia. On July 20, 1864, he was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound in the right arm, at Peach-Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, Georgia, just before that city was taken by General Sherman. On February 26, 1865, he was promoted major, receiving his commission as such while on the march of Sherman's army from Savannah, Georgia, to Goldsborough, North Carolina. On July 20, 1865, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, and was mustered out with his regiment six days later. After quitting the army, he returned to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business as a carpenter and builder. He was an original member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; also a member of E.D. Baker Post No. 8, G.A.R., and St. Paul's Lodge, No. 481, F. and A.M. He and his wife were Baptists. They had two children, Warren R. and Anna E. Yerkes, both born in Philadelphia. (Krewson Yerkes is No. 844 in the Chronicle of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach.)
Civil War Union Army officer. Served with the Fifth Ohio Infantry Regiment, April 20, 1861 to July 26, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of a carpenter. In 1860 he went to Centreville, Indiana, and later in the same year to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in his trade until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was one of the first to respond to the call of his country in that struggle, in which he served with gallantry from the beginning until its close. On April 20, 1861, he entered the army as second sergeant of Company D, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out with his regiment, June 18, 1861, on which day he re-enlisted to serve three years in the same company, of which he was appointed first sergeant. On March 11, 1862, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and on September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, he received a gunshot wound through his right side. He was promoted first lieutenant, October 3, 1862, and assigned to Company E of the same regiment, and on May 24, 1863, was promoted captain. On March 20, 1864, he married Lydia S. Leighton in Philadelphia. On July 20, 1864, he was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound in the right arm, at Peach-Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, Georgia, just before that city was taken by General Sherman. On February 26, 1865, he was promoted major, receiving his commission as such while on the march of Sherman's army from Savannah, Georgia, to Goldsborough, North Carolina. On July 20, 1865, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, and was mustered out with his regiment six days later. After quitting the army, he returned to Philadelphia, where he engaged in business as a carpenter and builder. He was an original member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; also a member of E.D. Baker Post No. 8, G.A.R., and St. Paul's Lodge, No. 481, F. and A.M. He and his wife were Baptists. They had two children, Warren R. and Anna E. Yerkes, both born in Philadelphia. (Krewson Yerkes is No. 844 in the Chronicle of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach.)
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Major Krewson Yerkes
Age 74
