MITCHEL, Ormsby MacKnight

Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 28 1809, Morganfield KY

Died: October 30 1862, Beaufort SC

Pre-War Profession: Store clerk, Graduated West Point 1829, instructor at West Point, resigned from US Army, college professor, astronomer

War Service: August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of the Ohio, directed raids in Alabama, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, had disputes with Buell, sent to command the Dept. of the South

Post War: In September 1862, he assumed command of X Corps and the Department of the South at Hilton Head, South Carolina, but died in Beaufort of yellow fever shortly after assuming his post.