James supposedly died sometime between March and June 1863 either enroute, or in Lynchburg, Va. I have contacted the Lynchburg, Virginia Old City Cemetary that has all the burials for cival war soldiers that died at Lynchburg, Virginia's hospitals, and buried by the only local undertaker. They do not have a record of James Mizell. This is there response:

Email From: Old City Cemetery
May 1, 2015

I'm sorry for the delay in responding to you, but I wanted to make sure we had exhausted our research before contacting you again. Our Executive Director (Ted Delaney) and I have now searched for any information on your ancestor, including the records of the only undertaker in Lynchburg during the Civil War, Diuguid Funeral Home. Mr. Diuguid kept extremely thorough records, even on unknown soldiers, and we can't find a reference for Private Mizell in Diuguid's records or our own cemetery records. Ted feels like there's no way he could be in our cemetery and we not be aware of it. He also told me it's not uncommon for the muster rolls to be incorrect, since often the information reported sometimes was passed along from person to person, and by the time it was reported, some details could be inaccurate.

Ted's instinct is that possibly Private Mizell was sick and on a train bound for the hospital in Lynchburg, but died before arriving here. Since there were other hospital centers near Lynchburg, Ted suggested if you could trace where Private Mizell would have been coming from on his way to Lynchburg, then you could research other cities and hospitals on the train route. Bedford, which is west of Lynchburg and Charlottesville, which is east of Lynchburg were two train stops that Ted mentioned that are near to Lynchburg.

I hope that with a little more research you can get some answers regarding Private Mizell. Let us know if we can help you further. Barbara Murrell

Kathy Wise
Administrative Assistant
Old City Cemetery
401 Taylor Street
Lynchburg, VA 24501
434-847-1465
www.gravegarden.org

Other burial research:

James Mizell not listed on Charlottesville, Va Confederate Monument
James Mizell not listed on Scottsville, VA Confederate Memorial

Summary of James H Mizell's Service June 1862 - Died ( ?? March - June) 1863

Muster Roll shows present from June 30 to Oct 31, 1862, and paid to June 30 1862 by Capt. G. L. Dudley

Muster Rolls November 1862 - February 1863 show Absent - Sick

Muster Roll March - April 1863 - Absent - Sick - Supposed to be dead

Muster Roll May - June 1863 - Died of disease Lynchburg Hospital Virginia

Muster Roll July - August 1863 - Absent Sick

Appears on Roll of Honor

Date of entrance to service - May 1, 1862

Age 23 - Died at Lynchburg, VA

James H Mizell name appears on regiser of claims of deceased officers and soldiers from NC filed for settlement in the Office of Confederate States Auditor for the War Department. By Whom Presented - R. Mizell (Rebecca Mizell his mother), on 4 Nov 1863 Where died - Lynchburg, VA

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