Pvt. (U.S.A.) Harrison Skinner

Civil War Service:

Affiliation: Union

Mustered in: 1863

Company: B

Regiment : First Ohio Calvary

Mustered Out: 1865.

Detailed Service

Left State for Louisville, Ky., December 9, 1861. Company B was at Headquarters of Gen. Mitchel in Kentucky October to December 1861. Action at West Liberty, Ky., October 23. Rejoined regiment at Louisville, Ky., December 1861. Operations near Greensburg and Lebanon, Ky., January 28-February 2, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., February 14, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 28-March 3. Advance on Columbia March 14–15. Near Columbia March 15. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 28-April 7, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Reconnaissance toward Carrollville and Baldwyn June 3. Skirmish at Blackland June 3. Osborn's and Wolf Creeks, near Blackland, June 4 (Companies E, I, and M). Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until August. Near Russellsville July 3 (Companies B & G). Expedition to Decatur, Ala., July 12–16 (detachment). Near Davis Gap July 12 (detachment). Near Decatur July 15 (Company I). Pond Springs July 24. Courtland and Trinity July 25 (detachment). Moved to Dechard, Tenn., August 1. Salem August 6. Scout to Fayetteville August 17–20. March to Louisville. Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 25. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–22. Cedar Church, near Shepherdstown, October 3. Bardstown October 4. Battle of Perryville October 8 (detachment). Pursuit of Bragg to London October 10–22. Harrodsburg October 13. Stanford October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Duty there until December 26. Franklin December 12 and 26. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill December 20. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Nolinsville December 26. Near Murfreesboro December 29–30. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31, 1862. Shelbyville Pike January 5. Duty at Lavergne until June. Reconnaissance from Lavergne May 12. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Moore's Ford, Elk River, July 2. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Expedition to Huntsville July 13–22. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnaissance from Stevenson to Trenton, Ga., August 28–31. Reconnaissance from Winston's Gap to Broomtown Valley September 5. Alpine, Ga., September 3 and 8. Reconnaissance from Alpine toward Lafayette, Ga., September 10. Alpine September 11. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–21. Cotton Port Ford, Tennessee River, September 30. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Greenville October 2. McMinnville October 4. Farmington October 7. Sim's Farm, near Shelbyville, October 7. At Paint Rock until November 18. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Raid on East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad November 24–27. Charleston November 26. Cleveland November 27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Near Loudoun December 2. Expedition to Murphey, N. C., December 6–11. Charleston and Calhoun December 28. Regiment reenlisted January 4, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22–27, 1864 (non-veterans). Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25. Tunnel Hill February 25. Buzzard's Roost February 27. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8, 1864. Decatur, Ala.. May 26. Courtland Road, Ala., May 26. Pond Springs, near Courtland, May 27. Moulton May 28–29. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. McAffee's Cross Roads June 11. Noonday Creek June 15–19 and 27. Kennesaw Mountain June 21. Near Marietta June 23. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Rottenwood Creek July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Raid to Covington July 22–24. Siege of Atlanta July 24-August 15. Garrard's Raid to South River July 27–31. Flat Rock Bridge and Lithonia July 28. Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18–22. Flint River and Red Oak August 19. Jonesboro August 19. Lovejoy's Station August 20. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2. Operations against Hood and Forest in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. Near Lost Mountain October 4–7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Rome October 10–11. Narrows November 11. Coosaville Road, near Rome, November 13. Near Summerville October 18. Little River October 20. Blue Pond and Leesburg October 21. Coosa River October 25. Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and, duty there until December. Ordered to Gravelly Springs, Ala., December 28, and duty there until March 1865. Wilson's Raid to Macon, March 22-April 24. Near Montevallo March 31. Ebenezer Church April 1. Selma April 2. Montgomery April 12–13. Crawford and Girard April. Columbus and West Point April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. Capture of Jefferson Davis. Duty in Georgia and South Carolina until September.

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Biography

From Descendants of Joseph Skinner and Mary Vivian Croutzon, by Kenneth William Skinner

The youngest son of John Croutzon Skinner by his first wife whose maiden name was Nancy Agnes Garrett is Harrison Skinner. Born in Madison Township, Muskingum county on the farm described above where all of his children by his first wife were born. After a few years my father, Harrison Skinner, (13 yrs old) made his home with his good brother, John Garrett Skinner and his good wife Martha Young. My father often spoke of the good home they gave him, but that must not have been long, but my father had to look out for himself working for people. Not having any home, only where he found work, winter and summer serving others. I think Uncle Joseph Skinner lived in Madison Township awhile then, but do not know whether he work any for his brother Joseph Skinner. But he worked much for Eliza Little where Grant Little now owns, and worked for large farmers in Coshocton County. Harrison Skinner volunteered and fought with Company B, First Ohio Calvary (1863-September 13, 1865) in the Civil War. Was with Sherman's army at Atlanta and Sherman's march to the sea, and his army was making for Libby Prison when war ended. Saw Jeff Davis after he was captured (Remember he was disguised as a woman when first was captured). His company was left at Hilton, stood on guard duty awhile after war, then brought north on back he brought belt and sword home with him and I now have it. He once being sick was sent to a hospital and that men suffering and moaning some for home, some tossing and dying. Thought he was put into bed before dead man taken out. He put in such a night he resolved if he got a chance he would get out. His medicine was Quinine. Next morning doctor asked about how he was and put on a "better" pretense, that he felt well enough to go back to the company, but doctor said some were going to another hospital and he could go. Along the way father figured officers in charge would go in first and so he did and officers and other started and ran way turning every comer he came to thinking they could see him and follow him. So on way out to his company he met Wiley Garrett (his mother's brother son) his cousin corning in to see him. He never received a pension until he was old in his later years. Wiley Garrett, H. H. Garrett (cousins) and the Deckers were in his company. After war he married Hannah Mahala King. Hannah Mahala King, daughter of Hugh King, one of the seven king brothers of an early settler of Madison Township, when wild turkeys were hunted. This early settler's name is Patrick King a blacksmith, his son Hugh King worked in his shop. Harrison Skinner began housekeeping in a log cabin with one door and one window on the back of run called Packsaddle run, here his first child, Ira Ulysses skinner, (August 29, 1871) was born. Where he by hard work kept a wolf from the door. He and some few formed a company and bought timber on Pleasant Hill, Madison TWP, converted in to timber. But was a losing proposition. Father had to borrow money from uncle Joseph Skinner, who was fairly well fixed, but insisted on father for his money. Father finally got the money and paid his brother Joseph money he had borrowed to put in timber. Father finally moved onto land of his wife's father, and farmed. Renting until sometime after his (7) seven children, four boys, and three girls were born when bought what was early know as Smith farm. Which he in older days . sold to his son Ira Skinner and moved to Adamsville Village and retired and lived in second (now first) house below school buildings. He being afflicted with organic heart trouble from which trouble he died on March 23, 1913 and buried at Dresden cemetery. The funeral said to be last funeral to cross the old wire suspension bridge across Muskingum River. The flood of 1913 taking away this bridge that night.

Link http://skinnerfamilies.com/skinner/documents/DescendantsofJosephSki...

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