 He was killed in action six days after Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana, who died at Battle of Palmito Ranch and is generally said to have been the last man killed in the Civil War.That sad distinction actually belongs to Corporal Skinner, who died on the wooden planks of Hobdy's Bridge in Alabama.During the Reconstruction Era after the end of the Civil War, Troy began to see new railroads and roads converging into the city.