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B.S. Skinner
(1839 - 1864)
Home State: North Carolina
Education: Harvard College, Class of 1860
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A recent Harvard graduate from Perquimans County, he enlisted as Sergeant in Company F on 16 May 1861, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant on 22 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the arm in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Promoted to First Lieutenant on 15 November 1862, and Captain on 8 November 1863. He was killed in action at Reams' Station, VA on 25 August 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from Wilson1. Some detail from the US Park Service's Soldiers and Sailors Database. Service data from the Roster2. Company F transcribed and posted on NCGenWeb by Robert E. Stokley. His picture from one hosted by the Museum of the Albemarle. His uniform coat and sword - the scabbard damaged by a gunshot - are in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh.
Birth
12/24/1839
Death
08/25/1864; Reams' Station, VA; burial in Holy Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Hertford, NC
1 Wilson, William P., Adjutant, Casualty list of the 27th N.C.S.T. at Sharpsburg, North Carolina Standard, 1862-10-15 [AotW citation 9919]
2 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966-, Vol. VIII [AotW citation 9940]