Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Ebenezer Skellie
Details
- Rank: Corporal (Highest Rank: Brevet Second Lieutenant NY Volunteers)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company D,
112th New York Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: September 29, 1864
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA
Citation
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.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Mina, Chautauqua County, New York
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: April 6, 1865
- Born: August 1844, Mina, Chautauqua County, NY, United States
- Died: July 2, 1898, Findley Lake, NY, United States
- Buried: Mina Cemetery (MH) , Mina, NY, United States