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Andrew is also seen as Andrew R., Andrew Raul, and as Andrew Ralston Mitchell.

It is believed that Andrew was born in Somerset County,Pennsylvania about 1833.

Pvt. Andrew R. Mitchell was in Company E.of the 11th,Pa.Reserves,recruited at Indiana Co.Pa.on July 21st,1861. and died at Richmond,Va of wounds received on 13 December 1862 at the battle Fredericksburg.

He died at the C.S.M. Prison in Richmond


Additional sources:
Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865,page 80. [ARC: 656639.] Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917. Record Group 94. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.


Contributors Note:

In a 25 January 2013 Email from Rich Dohm he wrote:-
Hello Marianne. You posted a photo request for Pvt. Andrew R. Mitchell at Richmond (VA) National Cemetery. This photo request can't be filled because there is no record of this person's burial at this cemetery, therefore there is no gravestone to photograph. (I've seen many memorials posted in this cemetery that are based on suppositions, and I've always felt like findagrave is a place to archive proven burials.) Anyway, one conspicuous problem exists, this soldier died in 1863 and Richmond National Cemetery wasn't even opened until 1867. And although there are over 5,000 unknown soldiers buried here, these soldiers were removed from battlefield and prison burials, not hospitals; Hospitals of that era had no cemeteries, nor manpower to dig graves, so the City of Richmond opened Oakwood Cemetery specifically for hospital burials in 1862... it would seem much more likely he's at Oakwood, a city cemetery.I seriously doubt that your soldier is buried at Richmond National or Hollywood... much more likely he's at Oakwood. Some helpful link are below. In any case, having said all that, this photo request can only be filled with an "unknown soldier" photo, which I did. Hope that pleases you, let me know if you want it removed. Rich.

In another email,dated 21 April 2014-received from Mike B., a FindAGrave contributor & a volunteer at the Oakwood Cemetery;he states:
"There are no union soldiers buried in Oakwood Cemetery. They were removed in 1866 - 67. All union soldiers buried there were buried in mass graves with no markings along with colored troops. There are no records on how many were removed from Oakwood. The remains of union soldiers buried at Oakwood went to Richmond National. Richmond National was dedicated in 1867 and so were most National Cemeteries around Richmond. Removal of the union dead started soon after the war. They did not want union soldiers buried with the enemy. In 1866 the United States government put money into having the remains of union soldiers removed from local cemeteries, prisons and battlefields and bought the property from local land owners to make National Cemeteries. "


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