Mitchell, Robert Byington

Life Span
to
Full name
Robert Byington Mitchell
Place of Birth
Mansfield, OH
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Gavin Mitchell (father), Jennie St. John (wife) 
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
State legislature
Other state government
Local government
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed
- In Georgia, advancing Union forces suffer a very heavy defeat near Chickamauga Creek
How to Cite This Page: "Mitchell, Robert Byington," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/37577.