Richard H. Skinner

From Middleburg in Loudoun County, VA, he came to Texas at "a young age." He enlisted at Harrisburg, TX as a Private in Company F, 4th Texas Infantry on 1 August 1861. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal on 1 November 1861, to First Corporal on 1 May 1862, and to 5th Sergeant on 1 August.

He was with his Company at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, but was sick.

He was appointed First Sergeant on 22 November 1862 and was on recruiting duty in Texas from 1 February to 22 May 1863. He was wounded by a gunshot to his right lung at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and captured at Cashtown, PA on the 5th. He was admitted to the US Army General Hospital in Chester, PA on 17 July and was well enough by then to be sent to City Point, VA on 17 September 1863 for exchange.

He was afterward on furlough in Loudoun County, VA and was still absent at the last roll in his file, of July and August 1864. He was surrendered and paroled at Winchester, VA on 24 April 1865.

He lived in Fort Worth and Corsicana, TX until about 1905 when he returned to Middleburg, VA.

His service information from Davis1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from his obituary in the Confederate Veteran.3 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

01/01/1833; Middleburg, VA

04/30/1913; Middleburg, VA; burial in Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, VA