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Eugene S. Mitchell collection

Correspondence and schoolwork dating from 1856 to 1869 of Eugene S. Mitchell, graduate of Mercer University in 1860 and member of Company F, 45th Regiment during the Civil War.

More About This Collection

Creator
Mitchell, Eugene S., 1841-1871

Date of Original
1856/1869

Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Mercer University--Students--History--19th century

Location
United States, Georgia, Greene County, Penfield, 33.66735, -83.17738

Medium
correspondence
portraits

Type
Still Image, Text

Description
Eugene Severn Mitchell was born July 28th, 1841, near Macon. He attended Mercer University in Penfield, graduating in 1860. He served during the war as a member of Company F, 45th Regiment, and was one of the Gray Volunteers from Jones County. In March of 1865, he was captured in Petersburg, VA, and was held at Fort Delaware until June. After the war, he returned to Georgia, where he married his sweetheart, Chloe Lewis, in 1867. In the 1870 census, Eugene and Chloe were listed as living in Montgomery, AL, where Eugene worked as a coal dealer. At that time they had two daughters, Annie, who was one, and Laura, six months. Before October 1871, they moved back to Georgia and had a son, also named Eugene. The elder Eugene died of “an acute attack of congestion of the lungs” in Atlanta on December 10th, 1871. His younger daughter, Laura, also known as “Lollie,” died the following year. Chloe went on to marry John D. Turner, a war veteran and doctor. The Mitchell collection was passed down through Chloe’s family, ending up with one of her great-granddaughters, who gave them to the university.

Metadata URL
/records

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Mercer University. Libraries

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