Jim Martin
Re: Skinner's Farm - Mar 25, 1865
Mon Jul 23 23:40:44 2001


I was looking at the service record of 2nd Lt. John B. Lanford of the 43rd AL, Co. C, my wife's gg-grandfather. It says he was captured Mar 25, '65 at Hatcher's Run. I'm familiar with Hatcher's Run, but the date was a problem for me as I remembered this fight being in late '64. I started looking for this engagement and came up with several Union reports of this engagement. In other sources (Dyer's, for instance) this engagement is referred to as Skinner's Farm.

I've not found this name used in the OR's, only that it occurred near Hatcher's Run.

Jim