James Mitchell – First Lieutenant, United States Army

James Mitchell of Ireland

• Appointed Private, Corporal and Sergeant, Troop L, and Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th United States Cavalry, 6 December 1867 to 6 December 1872
• Appointed Private and then Sergeant, United States Army Signal Corps, 19 December 1872 to I7 August 1885
• Appointed Second Lieutenant, Army Signal Corps, 15 August 1885
• Second Lieutenant, 15th United States Infantry, 4 February 1891
• First Lieutenant, 9th United States Infantry, 18 June 1892
• Transferred to the 14th United States Infantry, 12 August 1892
• Died 6 February 1899 of wounds received in action on 5 February 1899 at Pasay, Philippine Islands.

He was buried with full military honors in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery.  His wife, Adelia H. Mitchell, never remarried and died on 23 March 1942, having outlived him by 44 years.

MITCHELL, JAMES

• LT CO F REGT 14TH
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 02/06/1899
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT:   SITE 445
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MITCHELL, ADELIA H W/O JAMES

• DATE OF DEATH: 03/23/1943
• DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/25/1943
• BURIED AT: SECTION WEST  SITE 440
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF JAMES MITCHELL – 1ST LT CO F 14TH US INF

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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