The James M. Skelton who died in the Civil War was the brother of my ggfather Thadeus S.Skelton.
The family lived in GA. James and his brother Alexander Hamilton moved to Cass County TX. in
the late 1850s. They are on the 1860 census in CASS Co, TX. Several of the other brothers moved
from GA to TX after the Civil War.
I have never known a connection to the other James Skelton who you are looking for.