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Edwin W Skeels
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Edwin W Skeels

Birth
Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Death
11 Oct 1864 (aged 47)
Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA
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Highgate Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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47th yr.
wife: Marcia E Wait

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Edwin Skeels
Residence: Highgate, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 2 May 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1861.
Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Vermont on 9 May 1861.
Mustered Out Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 Aug 1861 at Brattleboro, VT.

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Edwin Skeels
Residence: St Albans, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 31 Dec 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 December 1863.
Enlisted in Company I, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 Jan 1864.
Died as a prisoner Company I, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 11 Oct 1864 at Danville, VA.

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Additional information below has been supplied by: Douglas Robinson

Pvt. Edwin W. Skeels b. 1817 to David and Martha (Greene) Skeels in Highgate. There is also a grave marker for him at the Danville Nat'l Cemetery. Marcia Elizabeth Wait b. 7 Jan 1826 Highgate to Edmund Wait (1798-1882) and Hannah Wilson (1798-1869).
47th yr.
wife: Marcia E Wait

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Edwin Skeels
Residence: Highgate, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 2 May 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 May 1861.
Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Vermont on 9 May 1861.
Mustered Out Company A, 1st Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 Aug 1861 at Brattleboro, VT.

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Edwin Skeels
Residence: St Albans, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 31 Dec 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 December 1863.
Enlisted in Company I, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 Jan 1864.
Died as a prisoner Company I, 10th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 11 Oct 1864 at Danville, VA.

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Additional information below has been supplied by: Douglas Robinson

Pvt. Edwin W. Skeels b. 1817 to David and Martha (Greene) Skeels in Highgate. There is also a grave marker for him at the Danville Nat'l Cemetery. Marcia Elizabeth Wait b. 7 Jan 1826 Highgate to Edmund Wait (1798-1882) and Hannah Wilson (1798-1869).

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Co I 10th Vermont Vol.
Died at Dansville Virginia

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  • Created by: Barb Destromp
  • Added: Oct 3, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42638206/edwin_w-skeels: accessed ), memorial page for Edwin W Skeels (7 Mar 1817–11 Oct 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42638206, citing Highgate Falls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Highgate Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).