Mitchell Laforce was a resident of Mansfield on February 19, 1864 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. B of the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded May 14, 1864 at Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia and he deserted July 16, 1864.

He was not living in Mansfield in the 1860 U.S. census; no further information is known.