He was 37 years old when he was enlisted (3, 4 [45 in 1870]). He was born in Maryland (4).
He also served in company B of the 2nd Maryland Infantry (6).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 14 May 1861 [sic; this is so much earlier than other dates I suspect it is wrong] (1, 3). He was enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland (3). He was mustered in as a private, at Baltimore County, Maryland (3). He served as a private in company D (1).
He was discharged at Alexandria, Virginia, on 8 March 1862 or 1 July 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability (1 [2 Mar 62], 2 [1 Jul 62, medical board], 3 [3 Mar 62]).
On 18 June 1863, he successfully applied for a pension (5).
In 1870, he was living in Baltimore, Maryland (4). He was working in a cotton factory (4). He was living with three children, presumably his, who were all working in a cotton factory (4).
His widow successfully applied for a pension (6).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Elisha Skipper)
2 company D, register of men discharged, entry 11 (Elisha Skipper)
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 10 August 2004 (Elisha Skipper)
4 1870 US census, Maryland, Baltimore County, microfilm series M593, film 569, page 191 = 63-64 handwritten (Elisha Skipper)
5 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (Elisha Skipper)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the 1890 veterans' census (searched May 2006)]
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched May 2006)]
| line | 38 | 39 | 40 | 1 |
| Dwelling-house number | 381 | |||
| Family number | 388 | |||
| Name | Skipper Elisha | - Annie | - Andrew | - Martha |
| Age | 45 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| Sex | M | F | M | F |
| Color | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | " " " [sc. Works in Cotton Fac] | " " " | " " " | |
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| Birthplace | " [sc. Md] | " | " | Md |
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| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||
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