John James Mitchell – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1869)

Corporal John James Mitchell was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 3, 1869 at Hell Canyon, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Mitchell was about 23 years old.

2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 3, 1870.

Mitchell was born in 1846 in County Tyrone — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Mitchell died on May 15, 1898, at the age of about 52. He is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tuscon, Arizona.

Mitchell is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

1846
Born in County Tyrone
July 3, 1869
Act of valor — Hell Canyon, Arizona
Age about 23. Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry
March 3, 1870
Medal of Honor presented
May 15, 1898
Died
Age about 52.
Resting place
Holy Hope Cemetery
Tuscon, Arizona

Also honored for actions on July 3, 1869

SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 PH Paul Haupt Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Same unit

Edgar R. Aston Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 TC Thomas Carroll Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JC John Crist Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WC William G. Cubberly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HF Henry Falcott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 NF Nicholas Foran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JK John Kay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Pennsylvania

JM James L. Morris First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 WC Wilfred Clark Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 WW William Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 CW Charles H. Ward Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 TH Thomas H. Hubbard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GS George Springer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.