United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Mitchell W. Paul Born in state of New York_Son of Mitchell Paul_Married_By occupation a Mechanic_At the age of 25 years, in Aug. 1861, enlisted for 3 years in the 21st Reg. Massachusetts Vol. Infantry, Company “F”_Rank Corporal. He participated in the battle of Roanoke Island_In the assault on the rebel works, March 1862, at Newbern, N.C., he was killed. He was at first buried on the battlefield but a few weeks after his remains were brought to his home in Chicopee Falls and their interred.