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This black and white photograph shows a painting of Brigadier General Robert Byington Mitchell, (1823-1882). Robert B. Mitchell settled in Paris, Linn County, Kansas Territory, in 1856. He was born in Ohio and studied law. He was active in free state territorial politics. He served in the Territorial House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858, was a member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention, and was appointed Territorial Treasurer on February 11, 1859. He was part of the free state supporters who followed Charles Hamilton and his band after the Marais des Cygnes massacre. After the territorial period he served as a brigadier general in the Second Kansas Volunteer Cavalry and held the appointed post of Governor of New Mexico from 1866 to 1869.
Date: Between 1862 and 1865
Item Number: 223917
Call Number: B Mitchell, Robert *5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223917
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Treasurer
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Paris (Linn)
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Photographs
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