Skelly, Johnston Hastings

Life Span
to
Full name
Johnston Hastings Skelly
Place of Birth
Gettysburg, PA
Burial Place
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Granite Cutter
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Lutheran
Military
Union Army
Date Event
In the town of Gettysburg, 20-year-old Jennie Wade is killed instantly, hit with a stray Confederate bullet
Jennie Wade, killed the morning before, is buried in a temporary grave in Gettysburg
In Virginia, Jack Skelly, soldier fiance of the late Jennie Wade, dies of his wounds
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