Mitcham War

The Mitcham War was a bloody conflict that occurred in Clarke County, Alabama in the early 1890s.

On December 25, 1892, the gang entered Coffeeville and murdered a prominent businessman.

[1] Soon a vigilante mob of 500 formed to seek the Hell-at-the-Breech murderers, and eventually killed 5 men.

[1] Different sources have the violence continuing until fall of 1893 after the Hell-at-the-breech disbanded[1] or when the mob of Clarke County men publicly shot a prominent member of the Hell-at-the-Breech gang.

[2] Hell at the Breech (2003) is a fictional account of the Mitcham War by novelist and Alabama native Tom Franklin (author).