Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Birth: Perryville, Pa. Date of issue: March 27, 1890. Citation: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Alexander H. Mitchell, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on May 12, 1864, while serving with Company I, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Spotsylvania, Virginia, for capture of the flag of the 18th North Carolina Infantry (Confederate States of America), in a personal encounter with the Color Bearer. See also Army of the Potomac Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P Pennsylvania in the American Civil War References 1840 births 1913 deaths American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Union Army officers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients