CIVIL WAR POW
CO K 18th REG NC
He volunteered for service in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on April 26th, 1861. At the time of his enlistment, he was 22 years old and stood 6'1" tall.
He was seriously wounded at The Battle of Cedar Mountain August 8th, 1862 and was hospitalized for many months. Following his injury, he was listed on the NC 18th Regiment's Roll of Honor.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, was a pivotal Civil War Battle that took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpepper County, Virginia. Union forces under Maj. General Banks attacked Confederate forces under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpepper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Mitchell had returned to his company's muster roll by March of 1864. In May of 1864, he fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania where he served under the greatly esteemed General Robert E. Lee. He was taken prisoner at the Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12th.
The Battle of Spotsylvania was fought in the Rappahannock river area of central Virginia, where more than 100,000 men on both sides of the Civil War fell between 1862 and 1864.
The battle was fought from May 8–21, 1864, along a trench line some four miles (6.5 km) long, with The Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee making its second attempt to halt the spring offensive of the Union Army under the command of Lt. Gen. Grant. Taking place less than a week after the bloody and inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, it pitted just 52,000 Confederate soldiers against a Union army numbering 100,000.
T he most intense fighting took place on May 12 (the day Mitchell was captured) in a 23-hour battle over a section of fortifications which was known as the Mule Shoe, and, afterwards, as the Bloody Angle of Spotsylvania.
Mitchell was transferred to Elimira Union Prison Camp on August 30th 1864. He died in the prison less than 5 months later on January 23rd, 1865. His cause of death was listed as "variola" (smallpox), but conditions at the camp were so deplorable that reported causes of death were questionable.
Sources:
Horigan, Michael, Death Camp of the North: The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 0811714322.
The National Archives: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina. Record group 109; NARA M270
- Thank you to" Footpaws" of Ancestry for sharing this information.
CO K 18th REG NC
He volunteered for service in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on April 26th, 1861. At the time of his enlistment, he was 22 years old and stood 6'1" tall.
He was seriously wounded at The Battle of Cedar Mountain August 8th, 1862 and was hospitalized for many months. Following his injury, he was listed on the NC 18th Regiment's Roll of Honor.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, was a pivotal Civil War Battle that took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpepper County, Virginia. Union forces under Maj. General Banks attacked Confederate forces under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpepper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Mitchell had returned to his company's muster roll by March of 1864. In May of 1864, he fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania where he served under the greatly esteemed General Robert E. Lee. He was taken prisoner at the Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12th.
The Battle of Spotsylvania was fought in the Rappahannock river area of central Virginia, where more than 100,000 men on both sides of the Civil War fell between 1862 and 1864.
The battle was fought from May 8–21, 1864, along a trench line some four miles (6.5 km) long, with The Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee making its second attempt to halt the spring offensive of the Union Army under the command of Lt. Gen. Grant. Taking place less than a week after the bloody and inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, it pitted just 52,000 Confederate soldiers against a Union army numbering 100,000.
T he most intense fighting took place on May 12 (the day Mitchell was captured) in a 23-hour battle over a section of fortifications which was known as the Mule Shoe, and, afterwards, as the Bloody Angle of Spotsylvania.
Mitchell was transferred to Elimira Union Prison Camp on August 30th 1864. He died in the prison less than 5 months later on January 23rd, 1865. His cause of death was listed as "variola" (smallpox), but conditions at the camp were so deplorable that reported causes of death were questionable.
Sources:
Horigan, Michael, Death Camp of the North: The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 0811714322.
The National Archives: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina. Record group 109; NARA M270
- Thank you to" Footpaws" of Ancestry for sharing this information.
CIVIL WAR POW
CO K 18th REG NC
He volunteered for service in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on April 26th, 1861. At the time of his enlistment, he was 22 years old and stood 6'1" tall.
He was seriously wounded at The Battle of Cedar Mountain August 8th, 1862 and was hospitalized for many months. Following his injury, he was listed on the NC 18th Regiment's Roll of Honor.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, was a pivotal Civil War Battle that took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpepper County, Virginia. Union forces under Maj. General Banks attacked Confederate forces under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpepper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Mitchell had returned to his company's muster roll by March of 1864. In May of 1864, he fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania where he served under the greatly esteemed General Robert E. Lee. He was taken prisoner at the Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12th.
The Battle of Spotsylvania was fought in the Rappahannock river area of central Virginia, where more than 100,000 men on both sides of the Civil War fell between 1862 and 1864.
The battle was fought from May 8–21, 1864, along a trench line some four miles (6.5 km) long, with The Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee making its second attempt to halt the spring offensive of the Union Army under the command of Lt. Gen. Grant. Taking place less than a week after the bloody and inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, it pitted just 52,000 Confederate soldiers against a Union army numbering 100,000.
T he most intense fighting took place on May 12 (the day Mitchell was captured) in a 23-hour battle over a section of fortifications which was known as the Mule Shoe, and, afterwards, as the Bloody Angle of Spotsylvania.
Mitchell was transferred to Elimira Union Prison Camp on August 30th 1864. He died in the prison less than 5 months later on January 23rd, 1865. His cause of death was listed as "variola" (smallpox), but conditions at the camp were so deplorable that reported causes of death were questionable.
Sources:
Horigan, Michael, Death Camp of the North: The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 0811714322.
The National Archives: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina. Record group 109; NARA M270
- Thank you to" Footpaws" of Ancestry for sharing this information.
CO K 18th REG NC
He volunteered for service in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on April 26th, 1861. At the time of his enlistment, he was 22 years old and stood 6'1" tall.
He was seriously wounded at The Battle of Cedar Mountain August 8th, 1862 and was hospitalized for many months. Following his injury, he was listed on the NC 18th Regiment's Roll of Honor.
The Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, was a pivotal Civil War Battle that took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpepper County, Virginia. Union forces under Maj. General Banks attacked Confederate forces under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpepper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory. The battle was the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Mitchell had returned to his company's muster roll by March of 1864. In May of 1864, he fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania where he served under the greatly esteemed General Robert E. Lee. He was taken prisoner at the Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12th.
The Battle of Spotsylvania was fought in the Rappahannock river area of central Virginia, where more than 100,000 men on both sides of the Civil War fell between 1862 and 1864.
The battle was fought from May 8–21, 1864, along a trench line some four miles (6.5 km) long, with The Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee making its second attempt to halt the spring offensive of the Union Army under the command of Lt. Gen. Grant. Taking place less than a week after the bloody and inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, it pitted just 52,000 Confederate soldiers against a Union army numbering 100,000.
T he most intense fighting took place on May 12 (the day Mitchell was captured) in a 23-hour battle over a section of fortifications which was known as the Mule Shoe, and, afterwards, as the Bloody Angle of Spotsylvania.
Mitchell was transferred to Elimira Union Prison Camp on August 30th 1864. He died in the prison less than 5 months later on January 23rd, 1865. His cause of death was listed as "variola" (smallpox), but conditions at the camp were so deplorable that reported causes of death were questionable.
Sources:
Horigan, Michael, Death Camp of the North: The Elmira Civil War Prison Camp. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 0811714322.
The National Archives: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina. Record group 109; NARA M270
- Thank you to" Footpaws" of Ancestry for sharing this information.
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Co K, 18 N. C. Reg., CSA
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