CS Con Mitchel, Charles Burton - C.S. Senator, AR

Charles Burton Mitchel

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Born: September 19, 1815

Birthplace: Gallatin, Tennessee

Father: John Mitchel 1775 – 1850

Mother: Jemima Minge Burton

1st​ Wife: Mariah Gray 1812 –

2nd​ Wife: Margaret Davis 1830 – 1879

Children:

Charles Elmore Mitchel 1846 – 1910​
Jane Jinnie Mimms Mitchel 1856 – 1870​
(Buried: Old Washington Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1833: Graduated from University of Nashville​
1836: Graduated from Jefferson Medical College​

Occupation before War:

Medical for twenty – five years in Washington, Arkansas​
1848: Arkansas State Representative​
1853 – 1856: Receiver of Public Moneys in Arkansas​
1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress​

Civil War Career:

1861: United States Senator from Arkansas​
1861: Expelled from United States Senate on resolution on July 11th​
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Senator from Arkansas​
1862 – 1864: Chairman of Senate Accounts Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Engrossment and Enrollment Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member of Senate Post Offices and Post Roads​
1862 – 1863: Member of Congress Joint Engrossment and Enrollment​
He allowed others to hammer out the major pieces of legislation​
He gave almost all his attention to the needs of his region​
He wanted congress to increase the number of gunboats on western waters​
He wanted to place guards along the Mississippi to preserve communications​
He wanted to the see the Trans – Mississippi Department was properly financed and protected.​
He supported the Davis administration war efforts​

Died: September 20, 1864

Place of Death: Little Rock, Arkansas

Age at time of Death: 49 years old

Burial Place: Old Washington Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas
 
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