James George Mitchell (January 15, 1847 – March 7, 1913) was a Pennsylvania state senator and United States soldier who fought with the Union Army during the American Civil War as a drummer boy and private with Company A of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry. He served under his older brother, Alexander H. Mitchell (1840–1913), who was later awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for valor. Formative years Born in Perrysville, Pennsylvania, on January 15, 1847, James George Mitchell was a son of Thomas Sharp Mitchell Sr. (1813–1883), a Jefferson County merchant who was a native of Elderton, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey, native Sarah E. (Blose) Mitchell. He was raised and educated in the public schools of his community with his siblings: Nancy (1831–1884), Andrew (1833–1863), Sarah Ann (1834–1894), Thomas Sharp Jr. (1838–1898), Alexander H. (1840–1913), Rebecca A. (1842–1910), Martha J. (1844–1923), Malinda (1849–1910), Laura (1852–1909), and Alice R. (1855–1932). Civil War On August 23, 1861, James G. Mitchell enrolled for Civil War military service. Just 15 years old at the time, he then officially mustered in for duty as a drummer boy with Company A of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry in Pittsburgh on September 9. He went on to serve for the duration of the war under his older brother, Alex, who had mustered in with him that same day as a sergeant. Ordered to defensive duties near Washington, D.C. in early October, the Mitchell brothers and their fellow 105th Pennsylvanians were transported south by railroad, and pitched their tents at Camp Kalorama on the Kalorama Heights outside of Georgetown, District of Columbia, before relocating again to Alexandria, Virginia, where they were assigned to the brigade led by Brigadier-General Charles Davis Jameson in the U.S. Army division commanded by Brigadier-General Samuel P. Heintzelman. On November 8, James Mitchell's brother, Alex, was promoted to the rank of first sergeant. Reassigned to duties at Fortress Monroe on March 17, 1862, they then engaged in their first significant combat during the Siege of Yorktown (April 5–May 4) and Peninsula Campaign (March–July 1862), including the battles of Williamsburg (May 5) and Fair Oaks/Seven Pines (May 31), during which James Mitchell's older brother, Alex, was wounded in action. In his battle report, Jameson described how the day's events unfolded: All our men had fled from the abattis [sic] in the vicinity of the Richmond Road. Our only alternative was to make the best