John Young

Captain John Young was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In April, 1964, Young was the provost marshal for Fort Pillow, and participated in the April 12 battle that took place there.

In the afternoon of April 12, despite the garrison's repeatedly driving off the Confederate attacks, the commander of the fort, Major William Bradford, ordered Young to store cartridges along the bank of the Mississippi River in the event the fort fell. Young was initially suspicious of Bradford's orders, but nonetheless complied.