Captain, Company E, 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Peaked Mountain Grays. At the Battle of Cedar Run the command of the regiment devolved upon Captain W. B. Yancey. At Gettysburg the Tenth again participated in some heavy fighting, under the command of Captain Yancey. In May, 1864 he was permanently disabled by a severe wound.
He was married to Victoria Julia Winsborough 2/15/1860. After the war, the Yanceys raised a huge family. The children were tutored at Riverbank, their home. The photograph shows Captain Yancey at Riverbank.
Captain, Company E, 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Peaked Mountain Grays. At the Battle of Cedar Run the command of the regiment devolved upon Captain W. B. Yancey. At Gettysburg the Tenth again participated in some heavy fighting, under the command of Captain Yancey. In May, 1864 he was permanently disabled by a severe wound.
He was married to Victoria Julia Winsborough 2/15/1860. After the war, the Yanceys raised a huge family. The children were tutored at Riverbank, their home. The photograph shows Captain Yancey at Riverbank.
Family Members
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William Lewis Yancey
1860–1901
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Thomas Layton Yancey
1863–1935
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Dr Stuart Mauzy Yancey
1865–1938
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Emma Yancey Gibbons
1867–1959
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Laura Bell Yancey
1870–1873
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Albert Smith Yancey
1873–1951
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Joseph Richard Yancey
1875–1875
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Nettie Irene Yancey Mauzy
1876–1937
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Julia Yancey Estes
1878–1959
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Franklin Winsborough "Frank" Yancey
1882–1959
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