Reuben Mitchell is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Reuben Mitchell
Rank:
Gunner
Serial Number:
4405500
Unit:
No. 2 Gunboat
Date of Death:
1815-05-11
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Reuben Mitchell was a 29-year-old gunner from Maryland who served aboard Gunboat No. 2. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Mitchell died on May 11, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.