Green Wood Mitchell
b. circa 1840, d. 8 October 1862
- Father: John William Mitchell b. circa 1810
- Mother: Rebecca Wright Burch b. circa 1814, d. between 1850 and 1860
- Green Wood Mitchell was born circa 1840 in Alabama.
- John William Mitchell and Rebecca Wright Burch appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Green Wood Mitchell, John W. Mitchell, Elizabeth Burch Mitchell, Mary Wood Mitchell and Sarah H. Mitchell.
- John William Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included Green Wood Mitchell, John W. Mitchell, Elizabeth Burch Mitchell, Mary Wood Mitchell and Sarah H. Mitchell.
- At age 21, G. W. Mitchell joined and mustered in as a private for 12 months Capt. James H. Clanton's Company B (Montgomery Mounted Rifles), Alabama Volunteers, attached to the 1st Alabama Cavalry Brigade, CSA, on 30 April 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was discharged for general disability while stationed near Pensacola, Florida, to return to his home in Mt. Meigs. At the time of his discharge he was described as 22 years of age, six feet high, of fair complexion with blue eyes and light hair, by occupation when enrolled a planter.
- At age 22, G. W. Mitchell enlisted as a private in Captain Semple's Company, Alabama Volunters (subsequently Goldthwaite's Battery, Light Artillery), on 7 March 1862 in Montgomery, Alabama, for the duration of the war.
- Green Wood Mitchell died on 8 October 1862 in Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky, killed in action by cannon shot.
- Last Edited: 29 May 2014