Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480

Number of Medals3

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1041899 of 4480

U.S. Army#443of 2016

Infantry#417of 1502

American Civil War#10of 1091

Peninsula Campaign#1of 3

Siege of Yorktown#2of 8

Battle of Williamsburg#1of 10

Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines#1of 1

Battle of Fredericksburg#2of 35

Chancellorsville Campaign#1of 3

Battle of Chancellorsville#1of 29

Gettysburg campaign#1of 5

Battle of Gettysburg#2of 75

Mine Run Campaign#1of 10

Overland Campaign#1of 12

Battle of the Wilderness#1of 26

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House#1of 32

Siege of Petersburg#2of 25

Alexander H. Mitchell

Captain, U.S. Army

American Civil WarPeninsula CampaignSiege of YorktownBattle of WilliamsburgBattle of Fair Oaks/Seven PinesBattle of FredericksburgChancellorsville CampaignBattle of ChancellorsvilleGettysburg campaignBattle of GettysburgMine Run CampaignOverland CampaignBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseSiege of Petersburg

Awards & Decorations

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Biography

Alexander H. Mitchell was a United States military officer who fought with the Union Army during the American Civil War as captain of Company A of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded multiple times in combat during the war, he was awarded the Kearny Cross for his distinguished service in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia in May 1863, and was then also awarded his nation’s highest award for valor, the U.S. Medal of Honor for his capture of a Confederate flag in hand-to-hand combat with the color-bearer of the 18th North Carolina Infantry during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts