William Overall Yager

William Overall Yager (3 April 1833 – 1904) was, during the American Civil War, initially the major and commanding officer of Yager's Third Battalion Texas Mounted Volunteers, and then later, as colonel and commanding officer of the First Texas (Yager's) Cavalry (CSA), and, in postwar years, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia, Superintendent of Schools, and Treasurer for Page County, Virginia.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 03, 1833
Birth place
Page County Virginia
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1904
Place of death
Page County Virginia

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  1. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fya08