Biographical Details
Date of Birth: November 30, 1830
Birth Location: Hines County, MS, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1850
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: May 22, 1863
Death Location: Vicksburg, MS, USA
Alexander Yates
Life Experience
Alexander Yates was born and raised in Mississippi, then went north for his education. He completed three different degrees: a bachelors (1850) from IU, an LL.B. from Harvard University (1852), and an M.D. from New Orleans Medical College (1856). He was a practicing physician before the Civil War. Yates enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, rising from first lieutenant to captain to major. He was severely wounded in Iuka, Mississippi; his brigade commander commended him for behaving “heroically and nobly.” He took two months to recuperate, then returned to his regiment. Yates was killed in the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- advocatesforrotc.org/Harvard/Civil War – Confederate Forces.pdf
- Davisson & Hensley (1850) 20th Annual Circular of the University of Indiana Comprising the Catalogue, the Course of Studies, Etc. 1850 (Bloomington, IN)
- Harvard Graduate Magazine (1912) Vol. 20 p. 423
- Indiana University Alumni Quarterly 1920 (#7)