David Sellers Yardley

In 1860 he was a 17 year old on his parent's farm at Milford Hundred, Kent County, DE. He served as First Sergeant, Company D, in the First Delaware Infantry (3 months) April - July 1861. He was appointed Lieutenant, probably in September 1861, and Captain, Company D, First Delaware Infantry (for 3 years) on 13 December 1861 at age 20 in Dover, DE.

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

He resigned his commission on 1 January 1865.

He drowned at age 24 in 1866.

Basic information from Murphey.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave; thanks to Tom DeNardo for the pointer to that.

The Yardley Family Papers, which include 3 wartime letters from David, are in the collection of the Winterthur Library [finding aid].

12/29/1842 in PA

08/01/1866; burial in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN