SHEBOSS CEMETERY, SCOTT BRANCH RD., (Western) MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

SKIPPER, S.H. (Samuel Howard), (8 Mar) 1840 - (11 Mar 1914). (Nat Hickman Co.; 9th Tenn Cavalry (Gantt's), C.S.A.) 6379
SKIPPER, M.J. (Mary Jane), 2 Apr 1838 - 24 Aug 1905. "Wife of S.H. Skipper" (Mary Jane Skipper; Fieldstone south of S.H.?)  6379/6381

Samuel Howard Skipper was the son of John and Mahala (Bridges) Skipper. He was born in Hickman County, Tennessee, 8 March 1840, and died in Hickman, Tennessee on 11 March 1914. He was the husband to Mary J. and Father to Jethro B. Skipper and Elizabeth (Davidson) Skipper. Grandfather to Howard and Brown Skipper. Great Grandfather to Andrew J., Ruby P., and William B. Skipper. He had a 2nd marriage to Alice Baker Nichols in 1908.

Confederate Soldier in the Tennessee 9th Cavalry Battalion

ORGANIZATION
The 9th Cavalry Battalion was organized and mustered into Confederate service at Camp Maury, near Nashville, Tennessee, in December, 1861. Its six companies were from Maury, Hickman, and Wayne counties. A seventh company, made up of transfers and men from Hickman County, was added in October, 1864. The unit was assigned to the Western Department, and all but Company C were captured in the fight at Fort Donelson. They were exchanged in September, 1862, remounted in January, 1863, and attached to W. Adams, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The battalion skirmished the Federals in Mississippi and Louisiana, was involved in the Atlanta Campaign and the defense of Savannah, then part served with Wheeler in Georgia and part in Tennessee. After various engagements in the Carolinas, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee in 1865 or the wars end.

OFFICERS
Lieutenant Colonel George Gantt, and Majors James H. Akin and B.W. Porter.

Photo & transcription by Wayne Austin. 25 Nov 2008. Updated by MB Richardson 8 Apr 2015