Savannah sound so beaultiful,, like a scene from a movie.. Maybe someday I can get actual photos from there...It was strickly by chance that I found Jeremiah Mitchell ther that I had looked so long far. When I obtained his Civil War Record it stated that Savannah was where he joined... I now believe that he joined with his father William W. Mitchell though I have not seen on the same list, but then Jeremiah as put into the Infantry and Father William was in Cavalry...William was captured within the year and died in Rock Island Confederate Prison in Illinois of small pox outbreak when many died all at the same time.. under poor conditions at the Prison. Jremiahs story was different and I would never have learned it all if , when I recieved the copies of his war record, there wasnt a small piece of letter showing on the edges of the copied papers., that were handwritten.. It was only a slip but I wrote back and sent a few more dollars and asked if there were any letters in the file that I could also have....much to my surprise there were several,, Including, one from his nephew, the son of Ricahrd and Caroline Mitchell Averitte.! Several were by allied family members to the government.... The story goes that because of the weather and poor supplies and condions., the Confederates were not doing well.. They were notified that they had a hundred mile walk coming up...Because Jeremiah had no shoes and had badly torn up his feet marching barefoot for all those miles he was becoming crippled and his Superior Officer of the time told him that he was of no use in that condition and told him to walk back to lines that could care for him.. Since they were under seige at the time. he had to make his way back through enemy lines and back to safety. By the time all this was accomplished he was in poor health but still faithful to his country and is home. Apparently after this he was unable to travel as his health detieriated even further and as he could not prove his service because during the battle the Union Army burned all the records,, he barely had enough food and things to survive on,, many of his fellow officers were killed in the defeat. The letters were many from a Superior Officer that knew him and various family members and townspeople that knew him all his life. had written to the Senate in regards to him having a Pension. Sadly it took three years for the paper work to be approved based on the records and letters. Jeremiah was very much respected by all who knew him and there were many supporters of him. It seems that his father had died in the war and he had lost contact with his whole family ,acccording to the letter he wrote...It would break your heart to read it,,.. Anyway since he was an excellent clock and watch maker and repairer he used that as extra income..He was elected Deputy Sheriff many years over and over again.. He also was an expert Silversmith and used that also. His young wife died shortly after their marriage.. His infant son was taken to Texas where he lost contact with the family.. It appears that he found them and was able to visit them one time around 1883 and to see his son who by that time was growing fast and would have been entirely raised by the other family, (He never mention who it was unfortunaly.) So it seems that he died in the area and is buried there somewhere near Savannah though we haven't learned where. It still brings tears to the eyes when you read it.. He states facts with so much diginity and repect in his correspondences.. I will always feel badly that I cannot locate him as he seemed to die away fom all family that we know of and I would like to "mentally "join him" with his family at least in documents...He lived along and difficult life with courage and grace and dignity. he had many friends, there but I would like him to have family there also. Thank you for the description of Savannah.. I will keep and add to his file just in case. Cousin Lenora