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Ebenezer Skellie

Corporal
1844 – 1898
Medal of Honor - Army

Corporal Ebenezer Skellie served the U.S. Army. Ebenezer was 53 years old.

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Medal of Honor Recipient Ebenezer Skellie
Medal of Honor Recipient Ebenezer Skellie
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U.S. Army
Corporal
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
29 September 1864 · At Chapins Farm, Va. · Corporal, Company D, 112th New York Infantry.

Took the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having fallen, and carried them through the first charge; also, in the second charge, after all the color guards had been killed or wounded he carried the colors up to the enemy's works, where he fell wounded.

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Medal of Honor - Army September 29, 1864 · At Chapins Farm, Va. · Corporal, Company D, 112th New York Infantry.
Took the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having fallen, and carried them through the first charge; also, in the second charge, after all the color guards had been killed or wounded he carried the colors up to the enemy's works, where he fell wounded.
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