Jack Skelly

Johnston Hastings "Jack" Skelly Jr. (1841–1863) was a Union soldier — a corporal in the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry — who died as a result of wounds sustained at the Second Battle of Winchester. He was the friend, and possibly fiancé, of the only civilian to die in the Battle of Gettysburg, Ginnie Wade.[1] He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, near Wade's grave.

Johnston Hastings Skelly Jr.
Nickname(s)Jack
Born(1841-08-04)August 4, 1841
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 12, 1863(1863-07-12) (aged 21)
Winchester, Virginia
Buried
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnion Army
Years of service1861-1863
RankCorporal
Unit87th Pennsylvania Infantry

See also
  • Ginnie Wade

Notes
  1. Petruzzi, pp. 220–21, 223. Skelly and Wade were childhood friends and some historians have speculated that they were engaged to be married. Only one letter between the two survived the war, and it had no romantic content.

References
  • Bellamy, Jay. "Brother vs. Brother, Friend against Friend: A Story of Family, Friendship, Love, and War" (PDF). Prologue (Spring, 2013): 20.
  • Petruzzi, J. David, and Steven Stanley, The Complete Gettysburg Guide, Savas Beatie, 2009, ISBN 978-1-932714-63-0.


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