Henry A. Mitchell

Henry A. Mitchell was a Captain in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / Company B.

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

War Career

• April 19, 1861 - Enlisted in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / Company A
• April 20, 1861 - Commissioned Captain
• April 27, 1861 - Mustered into Wisconsin State service
• May 17, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• August 21, 1861 - Mustered out of federal service with unit
• August 21, 1861 - Reenlisted in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / Company B as Captain
• October 19, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• September 4, 1862 - Major
• October 8, 1862 - Wounded in action at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 18, 1863 - Lieutenant Colonel (not mustered)
• November 9, 1863 - Promoted to Major of the Veterans Reserve Corps
• October 10, 1865 - Died in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Post-War Career

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Family

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Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 297, 312, 317)