Edward M. Yerger
Edward M. Yerger | |
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Born | 1828 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Allegiance | Confederate States |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Alma mater | Oakland College |
Edward M. Yerger (1828 – April 22, 1875) was an American newspaper editor and military officer. After a career in the newspaper industry, Yerger was arrested for the stabbing death of the provisional mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. His claim of habeas corpus after he was arrested by military authorities was appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court in Ex parte Yerger, a case tried before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Early life and education
Yerger was born in 1828 in Nashville, Tennessee, the youngest son of Tennessee Attorney General George Shall Yerger.[1] Edward and his family eventually relocated to Mississippi. Yerger graduated from Oakland College and served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.[2][3]
Career
Yerger edited several newspapers, including the
Murder of Joseph G. Crane
In 1869, Major
Yerger was never tried for murder, and, after a stint in a Mississippi jail, was released on bail and moved to Baltimore, Maryland.
Death
Yerger died in Baltimore, Maryland on April 22, 1875.[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-61703-421-3.
- ISBN 978-1-57441-449-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-5895-1.
- ^ ISBN 9780786748488. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ a b Ward, Francis McRae. "Chapter 7: The Killing Of Colonel Crane, Military Mayor Of Jackson, Mississippi". "Vignettes" of the Civil War. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Death of E.M. Yerger". Public ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.). 23 April 1875. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Duel Between two Mississippi Editors". The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.). 6 April 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "The Duello in the South". The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]). 13 April 1867. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Mississippi Items". Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.). 2 February 1868. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-7867-4848-8.
- ^ "Terrible Tragedy". Public ledger (Memphis, Tenn.). 9 June 1869. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- JSTOR 844183.
- ^ Biographical and historical memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. II. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1891. p. 29. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- JSTOR 1846658.
- ^ PAUL FINKELMAN & MELVIN I. UROFSKY, Ex parte Yerger, in LANDMARK DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT (2003), available in CQ ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, CQ Supreme Court Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/scc/lndmrk03-113-6430-338597 (last visited April 4, 2007). Document ID: lndmrk03-113-6430-338597.
Further reading
- Wilkinson, W. S. M. (1869). Trial of E. M. Yerger, before a military commission for the killing of Bv't-Col. Joseph G. Crane, at Jackson, Miss., June 8th, 1869. Jackson, Miss.: Clarion Book and Job Printing Establishment. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- Eubank, Sever Landon (1950). The Yerger case: a side light of reconstruction. Thesis (M.A.)--Colorado College. OCLC 26510569.
- Works related to Ex parte Yerger at Wikisource