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Thank you for that information that he has a headstone in Chattanooga National Cemetery. The Ohio Roster Roll of Honor has that he was buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Section G grave A, near where he was killed in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain.
I do not have further information on him other than what is in the Ohio Roster. He was age 46 when he entered service Aug 14, 1862, at Camp Delaware, Ohio. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12816
There is a John Yager about the right age in the 1860 census:
John Yager found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Ohio, 1860
Age: 45
Gender: M
Race: W
Birthplace: VA
State: Ohio
County: GALLIA (P.O. Pine Grove)
Locale: MORGAN TWP
Series: M653
Roll: 966
Part: 1
Page: 133
In the household:
John, 45, farmer, b. VA
Susan, 47, b. VA
William, 19, b. Ohio
Louisa, 16, "
Matilda, 11, "
Perry, 9, "
Toransy ?, 7, "
Tormlso ?, 7, "
Alfred, 2 or 3, "
And then to make things interesting...
There is reference to Major Yager that I found in Google Books:
History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present...
"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."
So, did his remains only get as far as Chattanooga and interred there?
Also in the same History of Knox County book:
"Captain John Yager's company was raised mostly in Berlin and Wayne townships, and was composed of his neighbors, he being a resident of Berlin."
Fredericktown was near Berlin in Holmes County adjacent to Knox County. It goes on to say that Captain Yager and his company left Knox County to go to Camp Delaware in August, 1862, so maybe it is just a coincidence that there was a John Yager in the census near the location of Camp Delaware. But why didn't these guys go to Camp Chase instead of Camp Delaware?
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