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Size | 11 items |
Abstract | Richard Skinner (1842-1864) was a United States Army officer from Illinois. The collection includes Civil War letters from Skinner, written from various places in the South and Midwest, to his Yale University classmate William Woolsey Johnson (1841-1927), later a noted mathematician. Letters include frank personal reactions to his experiences and surroundings, especially in Davenport, Iowa, in late 1863. |
Creator | Skinner, Richard, 1842-1864. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Richard Skinner (1842-1864) was a United States Army officer from Illinois. He was the son of Mark and Elizabeth Skinner of Chicago, Ill. He graduated from Yale University in 1862, and shortly afterward was commissioned first lieutenant in the regular army, 10th Infantry. He served as a staff officer under Major General David Hunter, Brigadier General Benjamin S. Roberts, and Major General John Pope. He was wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 1864, and died of the wound.
Back to TopThe collection includes Civil War letters from Richard Skinner, while a United States Army officer, written from various places in the South and Midwest, to his Yale University classmate William Woolsey Johnson (1841-1927), later a noted mathematician. Letters include frank personal reactions to his experiences and surroundings, especially in Davenport, Iowa, in late 1863.
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Letters, 1862-1864 |