Robert Byington Mitchell
Born: April 4, 1823
Birthplace: Mansfield, Ohio
Father: Gavin Mitchell
Wife: Jennie St. John 1833 – 1921
Children:
Pettie Mitchell 1855 – 1857
(Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kansas)
Education:
Graduated from Kenyon College – (School has no record)
Graduated from Washington College – (School has no record)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Mansfield, Ohio
Served in the Mexican – American War rising to the rank of 2nd Lt.
Mayor of Mount Gilead, Ohio
Kansas Territory Representative
1857 – 1858: Delegate to the Leavenworth Convention
1859 – 1861: Treasurer of Kansas Territory
1860: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Civil War Career:
1861: Adjutant General for the State of Kansas
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 2nd Kansas Infantry Regiment
1861: Wounded in the groin during the Battle of Wilson's Creek
Treated at the New Court House Hospital in Springfield, Missouri
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
Commander of a Mixed Brigade at Fort Riley
1862: Division Commander at the Battle of Perryville
1863: Chief of Cavalry to Major General George H. Thomas
1863: Sick with Typhoid Pneumonia in Nashville, Tennessee
1863 – 1864: Served on Court Martial Duty in Washington, D.C.
1864 – 1865: Served as Commander of the Department of Kansas
1865: Saw service following Indian raid at Julesburg, Colorado
1866: Honorably Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1882: Suffered from the effects of Asthma
1866 – 1869: Governor of New Mexico Territory
1872: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congressman
1872 – 1882: Lived in Washington, D.C.
Died: January 26, 1882
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Asthma and Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 58 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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