Thomasville, Ga. 5¢ black handstamped provisional entire #82XU2 (CV $900) with June 13 [1862] town postmark, addressed to Lt. Col. W. D. Mitchell, Cranston’s Bluff, Savannah, Ga. Slightly reduced at left and back opening tears. $600.

William Dickey Mitchell enlisted as a Captain and was commissioned into Co. G, 29th Infantry (originally in the Savannah area then joined the Army of Tennessee) where he was promoted to Lt. Col. and later Colonel. He was wounded at Chickamauga and taken prisoner at Nashville. He was confined to Johnson’s Island from where he was released 25 July 1865. Born 8 Jan 1839, married 28 Apr 1881, the son of Richard Mitchell and Sophronia Dickey Mitchell. Married Emily P. "Emma" WILLIAMS (b. 27 Aug 1857, d. 14 May 1914, Thomas Co. Ga., buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville (Thomas County) Ga.)  William died 17 Oct 1892, buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville (Thomas County) Ga.  He was wounded at Chickamauga, Ga, taken prisoner in Nashville and released from Johnson’s Island Prison July 25, 1865. He rose through the ranks to full Colonel. Camp Lawton is mainly known for the prison built there (much info online). Described by its builder, Brigadier General John H. Winder, as “the largest prison in the world,” Camp Lawton was hastily constructed in the late summer and fall of 1864 to alleviate the horrendous overcrowding and supply and health problems of the Confederate military prison at Andersonville.

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