been on drill. This is a state of perfection in discipline that is gained by but few regiments. Afterward, James Mitchell continued to participate in operations against Confederate troops in Virginia from the late summer through early winter. Briefly under heavy fire near Locust Grove in November 1863, he and his brother then joined their regiment in the Mine Run Campaign from November 27 to December 2 before moving to winter quarters later that month. Three days after Christmas, while encamped at Brandy Station, James Mitchell re-enlisted for service as a private with Company A, and was awarded a veterans' furlough. Departing winter quarters on May 4, 1864, the Mitchell brothers and their regiment were assigned to the Overland Campaign of Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, which immediately brought them under fire in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7). Commissioned but not mustered as a captain on May 7, 1864, his older brother was placed in charge of their unit (Company A). Both brothers then fought with their regiment in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12. Once again, James Mitchell's older brother performed an act of valor – capturing an enemy flag from the color bearer of the 18th North Carolina Infantry – and once again, his brother was wounded in action. While his brother recuperated, James Mitchell and their regiment continued to engage with the enemy, including during the battles of North Anna (May 23–26) and Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12). Assigned with his brother and their regiment to duties related to the Siege of Petersburg beginning June 9, James Mitchell then permanently became the only one of the two Mitchell brothers still fighting with the 105th Pennsylvania when his brother was honorably discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability after having been wounded in action again on June 16, 1864. A participant with his regiment in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign through March 25, 1865 and then in the war-ending Appomattox Campaign, which included the battles of Sailor's Creek and Appomattox Court House, James G. Mitchell honorably mustered out with his regiment on July 11, 1865. Post-war life Following his honorable discharge from the military, James Mitchell returned home to Jefferson County, where he wed Caroline Neal (1850–1937). Their children were David Barkley (1869–1875); an unnamed male child, who was born in 1870 but did not survive infancy; and Mabel Clare (1874–1946). For a decade, James Mitchell