- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Laurinburg NC
Born in the Bronx on July 19, 1879, John Purroy Mitchel lived only a couple of miles from the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery, home to the Mitchel family plot. But while John Purroy Mitchel’s father James had already lost both of his brothers, the plot was oddly empty. This was because one brother, Willie, laid in an unmarked grave alongside his fellow soldiers of the First Virginia Infantry in Gettysburg, while the other, John, rested in Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery, having fallen in defense of Fort Sumter against a Union artillery barrage.
John Purroy Mitchel, who would, at 34, become the second-youngest Mayor of New York City, grew up hearing his father James’ stories of serving under Confederate General Gordon in the bloodiest battles of the War.
http://scv.nyc/confederate-mayor-of-new-york-city