Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John Dull YERKES
Major Yerkes spent hisearly life on his father's farm, where he was residing, with his young wife and infant child, when the firing on Fort Sumter inaugurated the conflict of the Civil War. The patriotic ardor of young Yerkes was so stirred by the firing upon the flag of his country that when the first call to arms was made he was prepared to engage in the struggle. A company of riflemen was recruited in Chester County, and John Dull Yerkes enlisted in the same, becoming the orderly or first sergeant. This command shortly afterwards formed Company H of the Forty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Colonel Thomas Leiper Kane, one of the famous Bucktail regiments. Yerkes was made captain of the company, and continued in command until mustered out of service with his regiment, 11 July, 1864. He participated in many battles during his more than three years of active service, and was wounded in action, 2 July, 1863, in the great conflict at Gettysburg. On 13 May, 1865, in recognition of his distinguished service during the war, he was brevetted major in the United States army.
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