John B. Yancy

Private, Company A, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Born December 28, 1820 in Georgia

Promoted to Private March 10, 1862

Captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Paroled July 6, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

On Roll March 1864

Detailed to Quartermaster April 23, 1864

Died November 3, 1896

Buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, Haralson County, Georgia