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BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROBERT B. MITCHELL, COMMANDING AT
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL LEONARD F. ROSS, COMMANDING YAZOO
EXPEDITION.—[SEE NEXT PAGE.]
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROBERT
B. MITCHELL.
GENERAL ROBERT B. MITCHELL, whose
portrait we give on this page, is a native of Richland County, Ohio. At the age
of nineteen he went to the Mexican war, a private in the Company of the present
General George W. Morgan. He served twenty-seven months and reached the rank of
First Lieutenant. After his return he completed his law studies with "Miller and
Morgan," in Mount Vernon. During his practice in the adjoining counties
he subsequently married a
daughter of Hon. Henry St. John, of Tiffin.
In 1856 he went to Kansas. His
home is Mansfield, Linn County. In 1857 and 1858 he represented the Free State
party of that county in the Legislature. In 1859, Governor Medary appointed him
Treasurer of the Territory. In 1860 he was appointed Adjutant-General by
Governor Robinson. At the breaking out of the rebellion he volunteered as a
private, raised a Company, was elected its Captain, and afterward was
unanimously elected Colonel of the "Kansas Second" by its officers. He
led his regiment in the battle of
Wilson's Creek, where he received four wounds, one of which proved almost fatal.
His regiment here earned the title of the "Bloody Second."
As a compliment to him and his
regiment, General Cameron ordered it to be mounted at a time when he was
dismounting cavalry. For services at Wilson's Creek Colonel Mitchell was made a
Brigadier. He was assigned to command the expedition to New Mexico, which, after
the
battle of Shiloh, had to be abandoned. He then
embarked with a brigade from Leavenworth to reinforce General
Halleck. Much of the time that he
has been with
Generals Halleck,
Rosecrans, and
Buell he has been commanding a division. He has
been in many small engagements. He took an active and distinguished part in the
battle of Perryville as commander of a division. He met
John Morgan with his division at Lancaster,
Kentucky, and drove him out after a severe engagement.
When General Rosecrans succeeded
General Buell General Mitchell was placed in command of
Nashville. The post, in labor and
responsibility, is almost equal to a Department. General Mitchell (Next
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