Solomon Benton Skinner
Mustered into service as a Private on July 29, 1861
Died 16 September 1918
Buried Elizabethtown Cemetery, Delaware Co. Indiana
SOLOMON SKINNER MUSTERED INTO THE 19TH iNDIANA INFANTRY ON JULY 29TH, 1861. AFTER TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON D.C. WITH THE REGIMENT HE BECAME SICK. HE MUSTERED OUT OF THE SERVICE THE WINTER OF 1861 - 1862. THAT SUMMER SOLOMON FELT WELL ENOUGH TO JOIN THE ARMY AGAIN SO ON AUGUST 14TH, 1862 HE MUSTERED INTO COMPANY D OF THE 84TH INFANTRY WHERE HE SERVED PROUDLY UNTIL HIS MUSTER OUT ON JUNE 14TH 1865. THIS SOLDIER WAS IN A UNMARKED GRAVE.