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PVT. Mitchell

Location: SR 46 at Hartsville Town Square, Hartsville, IN 47244 (Bartholomew County, Indiana)

Replaced by 03.1992.1 Private Barton W. Mitchell

Installed: Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963

ID#: 03.1963.1

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Pvt. Barton W. Mitchell, Co. F, 27th Indiana Vols., found Lee’s “lost” order No. 191 near Frederick, Md., Sept. 13, 1863. This gave Gen. George McClellan an opportunity to win a Union victory at Antietam.

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Civil War, Military