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About Noah Webster Yoder, Dr.
From Descendants of Jacob Hostetler, the Immigrant of 1736 by Rev. Harvey Hostetler, 1913, pages 699-700:
He educated himself, taught school, studied medicine and practiced till the war of 1861, when he entered the army as Lieut, of Co. G 51 Ohio Vol. Inf. He engaged in many battles and skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee. At the battle of Stone River through some mistaken order of his superior officers his regiment was ordered to advance over the brow of the hill. and hold the position at all hazards. The rebels advanced in solid mass and cut the regiment all to pieces. He was in command and refused to retreat against orders and was hit first by a large musket ball, which entered in front of the breast, fractured the left collar bone and came out the back near the spine. A branch of the large artery which leads from the heart to the head was severed and the blood spurted at every pulsation. His knowledge of surgery taught him how to stop the blood, which saved his life. His comrades against his earnest protest refused to abandon him on the field. In the midst of the hale (sic) of bullets and cannon balls they picked him up but were shot down one after another until at last Mr. John Hall, of Berlin, Ohio, a powerful man who had been drafted and joined the regiment only a few days before picked him up bodily and set him against a stump with his face toward the rebels. While he was being carried in this manner a ball fractured his left leg below the knee. The enemy charged past him and nothing but the stump against which he leaned kept him from being crushed to death. A rebel officer who was in the rear of the advancing charge was attracted by his groans and upon looking at him was struck with the fine intellectual face. Noah had a remarkable, kind and striking appearance. The officer stooped down and spoke some kind words to him calling him "Pawdner". and inquired what he could do for him. The only reply that Noah could make was, "Water! For God's sake give me some water!". His thirst was caused by the loss of blood. No one that has not experienced this feeling can realize it. The officer slipped the strap of his canteen over his head, went to the river which was some distance away, brought it back and Noah was no time in draining it dry. The officer said, "I must join my command and can nothing more for you." Noah said, "Go! God Bless you." The rebels were soon driven back past Noah and as fate would have it formed their lines of battle just beyond him which left him about midway between the two firing lines and there for nine terrible hours he lay, the bullets and cannon balls from both sides passed over, round and by him. He was hit eight times. The end of his finger was cut off, the breast bone was hit, a ball passed through his bowels and in fact he was shot all to pieces. This battle was fought Jan. 2, 1863, and yet Noah lived to raise a family of children and do much good in the practice of medicine in the Shanesville community. He lived through all this to be upset from his carriage, in what might be called a mud run, and drowned while on his way to relieve a suffering patient. When his untimely and tragic death occurred there was mourning in every household, mothers went about their work sobbing and children wept at the mention of his name. Winter snows may fall and cover his grave, but his memory will ever remain green in the hearts of those who knew him best. His heroism, patriotic devotion to his country, and the great good he did to his people will be told from generation to generation.
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Noah Webster Yoder, Dr.'s Timeline
| 1837 |
October 10, 1837
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Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, United States
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| 1877 |
March 9, 1877
Age 39
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Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States
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Sugarcreek, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States
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