Congressional Documents Relating to Harvey Mitchell, 1861-1862

Relating to the loyalty of US government employees during the American Civil War. Harvey Mitchell (1799-1866) is included in two items from House Documents, Volume 173. US House of Representatives (Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1861-'62), January 1, 1862. Washington: US Government Printing Office. The first regarding Harvey is dated October 9, 1861.

The second item includes a statement about Harvey from a neighbor:

'The witness, C. F. Hamilton, states that "he (Mitchell) has talked sometimes favorable to the south, then again in favor of the Union." The witness further swears that the wife of Mitchell [Jane Wood Johnston Mitchell/Michel] is a sister under General Johnson [General Joseph E. Johnston]; that his son [William M. Mitchell/Michel, 1839-1908] is in the rebel army under Johnson; and that all his family went south except himself and a son-in-law [John Milton Binckley].'