Pero Mitchell was 40 years old, He is among a list of Union Soldiers that are listed in the Evening Times Cumberland,Maryland on May 26,1911.
(Al Feldstein)
Pero Mitchell, based upon National Archives records, was born in Baltimore. At the time of his U.S. Navy enlistment in Baltimore on April 23, 1864 he was 25 years of age, stood 5'10", and identified his occupation as a laborer. The 1870 census also shows him identified as a laborer with Cumberland as his home. His initial term of enlistment was for two years with the ranking of Landsman. Mitchell served aboard the USS Stettin, an iron-screw steamship, from September 1864 through March 1865, and the USS Kearsarge, a small sailing warship, from 1865 to 1866. U.S.C.T. records from April 1864 indicate that Mitchell might have transferred to the Navy from the Army in that month. Pero Mitchell died on November 29, 1879 and is interred in Sumner Cemetery.
(Al Feldstein)
Pero Mitchell, based upon National Archives records, was born in Baltimore. At the time of his U.S. Navy enlistment in Baltimore on April 23, 1864 he was 25 years of age, stood 5'10", and identified his occupation as a laborer. The 1870 census also shows him identified as a laborer with Cumberland as his home. His initial term of enlistment was for two years with the ranking of Landsman. Mitchell served aboard the USS Stettin, an iron-screw steamship, from September 1864 through March 1865, and the USS Kearsarge, a small sailing warship, from 1865 to 1866. U.S.C.T. records from April 1864 indicate that Mitchell might have transferred to the Navy from the Army in that month. Pero Mitchell died on November 29, 1879 and is interred in Sumner Cemetery.
Pero Mitchell was 40 years old, He is among a list of Union Soldiers that are listed in the Evening Times Cumberland,Maryland on May 26,1911.
(Al Feldstein)
Pero Mitchell, based upon National Archives records, was born in Baltimore. At the time of his U.S. Navy enlistment in Baltimore on April 23, 1864 he was 25 years of age, stood 5'10", and identified his occupation as a laborer. The 1870 census also shows him identified as a laborer with Cumberland as his home. His initial term of enlistment was for two years with the ranking of Landsman. Mitchell served aboard the USS Stettin, an iron-screw steamship, from September 1864 through March 1865, and the USS Kearsarge, a small sailing warship, from 1865 to 1866. U.S.C.T. records from April 1864 indicate that Mitchell might have transferred to the Navy from the Army in that month. Pero Mitchell died on November 29, 1879 and is interred in Sumner Cemetery.
(Al Feldstein)
Pero Mitchell, based upon National Archives records, was born in Baltimore. At the time of his U.S. Navy enlistment in Baltimore on April 23, 1864 he was 25 years of age, stood 5'10", and identified his occupation as a laborer. The 1870 census also shows him identified as a laborer with Cumberland as his home. His initial term of enlistment was for two years with the ranking of Landsman. Mitchell served aboard the USS Stettin, an iron-screw steamship, from September 1864 through March 1865, and the USS Kearsarge, a small sailing warship, from 1865 to 1866. U.S.C.T. records from April 1864 indicate that Mitchell might have transferred to the Navy from the Army in that month. Pero Mitchell died on November 29, 1879 and is interred in Sumner Cemetery.
