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Mitchell, Edwin T.

Age: 30

Rank: Private

From: Uncertain

Edwin T. Mitchell, Alamo defender, was born in 1806. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. Robert White's Bexar Guards. Mitchell died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, possibly bayonetted while trying to protect Juana N. Alsbury. His brother, DeWarren Mitchell, died in the Goliad Massacre.