Mina in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ebenezer Skellie
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 10, 2001
1. Ebenezer Skellie Marker
Erected by Town of Mina.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 42° 8.256′ N, 79° 40.434′ W. Memorial is in Mina, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is at the intersection of New York State Route 430 and Mina Cemetery Road on New York State Route 430. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sherman NY 14781, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial / Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); Findley Lake, N.Y. (approx. 3.3 miles away); To the Perpetual Memory (approx. 4.3 miles away); In Grateful Tribute (approx. 4.3 miles away); Here Stood a Station of the Underground Railroad (approx. 4.3 miles away); Peter Ripley Residence (approx. 4.3 miles away); Log Dwelling (approx. 4.3 miles away); Colt's Station (approx. 7.8 miles away in Pennsylvania). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mina.
Regarding Ebenezer Skellie.
this page online
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 112th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Mina, N.Y. Birth: Mina, N.Y. Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Took the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having fallen, and carried them through the first charge; also, in the second charge, after all the color guards had been killed or wounded he carried the colors up to the enemy's works, where he fell wounded.
Additional commentary.
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I was here on September 27, 2022 and this marker appears to be missing. It may be that it is being refurbished? It may be missing altogether. There is a blue pole there so I hope the case is that it will be returned? I do have photos of the grave stone and the military plaque. I won't be in this area again soon so I hope that someone can get a photo of it and I can search this database and see it! Thank you so much.
I just wonder if it should be ear marked as missing until it is replaced.
Thanks.
Mira Earls
Cortland NY.
*Google Maps Street View Apr 2024 - marker is reinstalled refurbished.
— Submitted October 2, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 10, 2001
2. Ebenezer Skellie Marker
He is buried in Mina Cemetery and his private grave marker's GPS Coordinates are N42.1370 W79.6741.
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 10, 2001
3. Ebenezer Skellie Marker
This is his VA government marker.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 27, 2022
4. Ebenezer Skellie Marker
This is a bench on the family plot.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 27, 2022
5. Ebenezer Skellie Marker
The marker in the rain!
Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 902 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 27, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4, 5. submitted on October 2, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
