Civil War
Ebenezer Skellie
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company D, 112th New York Infantry
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official 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.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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