Alexander Skinner (surgeon)
Alexander Skinner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1743 Prince George's County, Province of Maryland |
| Died | 20 November 1788 Richmond, Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/ | Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1775–1783 |
| Rank | Surgeon Chief Hospital Physician |
| Unit | 1st Virginia (1775-1780), Lee's Legion (1780-1783) |
| Other work | Surgeon, Planter |
Alexander Skinner (1743 – November 20, 1788) was a surgeon in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Early life and revolutionary service[edit]
Skinner was born around 1743 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
In 1776 he served at the military hospital of Suffolk as its head. [1]
At the beginning of the revolution he commissioned as a Surgeon in the 1st Regiment of the Virginia Line.[2] He acted as the Regimental Surgeon of the 1st Virginia, Continental Line from its formation in Williamsburg, Virginia 1775 till 1780. He was present at the Army's encampment at Valley Forge from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778 as is listed among the 1st Virginia's Regimental Staff.[3] He then was the Surgeon for Lee's Legion from 1780 until the end of the war.[4]
After the war[edit]
Skinner was active in petitioning Congress for back pay for himself and other Surgeons of the Continental Army, and was an original member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.[5] He was rewarded with many thousands of acres of land in Western Virginia (present day West Virginia) and Kentucky. As such, he was one of the many men of the Society of the Cincinnati who were instrumental in developing the infant United States west of the Appalachian Mountains. He died November 20, 1788, in Richmond, Virginia.[6] He was survived by his son, Alexander Skinner who settled on land he was awarded in lieu of payment by Congress in Western Virginia (present day West Virginia).
Once he killed a man in a duel. Later on in life when challenged to another duel, he refused stating he wanted "to do all in my power prolong and not destroy human life".[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Founders Online: November [1785]". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "Virginia Officers and Men in the Continental Line". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 2 (3): 241–258. 1895. JSTOR 4241815.
- ↑ "1st Virginia Regiment". valleyforgemusterroll.org. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "Founders Online: To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 26 July 1797". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia; Cropper, John (1896). List of original members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia. The Library of Congress. Richmond? : The Society. Search this book on
- ↑ "List of Obituaries. From Richmond, Virginia, Newspapers". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 20 (3): 282–291. 1912. JSTOR 4243208.
- ↑ Faris, John Thomson (1925). When America was Young. Harper & Brothers. Search this book on
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