Rutilius Calvert Mitchell, born 30 October 1830, died 1906, buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Nicholson, MS.  Enlisted in the Gainesville Volunteers, July 17, 1861 and remained with Third Regiment Mississippi Infantry throughout the war.  Surrendered with General Taylor at Citronelle, Alabama on 4 May 1865 and paroled 18 May 1865 at Grenada, MS.  Following the war he returned to Hancock County Mississippi and lived in the surrounding area, including for a time in "Honey Island Swamp," until his death in 1906.

I learned a bit of trivia today from the Gainesville Volunteers Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. You will notice that the top of the tombstone is pointed.  The reason, I was told, is to keep Yankees from sitting on the tombstone.