Charles Yates

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Charles Yates (died September 29, 1870) was a brigadier-general during the American Civil War in command of the volunteer depot of New York City in 1861.

Col. Yates commanded the Fourth Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia before being promoted to brigadier-general and command of the brigade in the mid 1850s.

Yates married Cordelia Rowe. They resided in New York City where they had a son and three daughters. Cordelia died at the age of 30 on August 19, 1856. Yates subsequently remarried and produced two more daughters.

Brig. Gen. Yates resigned his commission as commander of the New York National Guard 2nd Brigade in May 1866.

In April 1881 New York Supreme Court heard a case involving Yates' daughters and the estate of his first father-in-law, James Rowe. Judge Larremore ruled that Stella and Frances Yates — the daughter from Yates' second marriage — were entitled to the inheritance of their deceased half-sister Catharine, who died in 1874.

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• "Died", The New York Times. August 20, 1856, p 8.
• "Local Intelligence", The New York Times. May 27, 1866, p 8.
• "Military Gossip: National Guard Notes", The New York Times. December 23, 1877, p 9.
• "Half Sisters to Share in Estate", The New York Times. April 30, 1881, p 8.