George Edward Mitchell (March 3, 1781 – June 28, 1832) was an American physician and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1823 to 1827.
Born at present-day Elkton, Maryland, Mitchell completed preparatory studies and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on June 5, 1805.
The American high command sent George Edward Mitchell to man the fort and try to repel the British.
To make his numbers look overwhelming, Mitchell marched his army in full view of the British fleet and then marched secretly back to his fort out of view a few times in an attempt to trick the British into believing the Americans were gaining reinforcements.
They avoided the village falling for the phantom army tents ruse to directly attack the fort.
The American artillery on the open beach repelled British vessels 3 times before being forced to retreat back to the protection of the fort.
He was elected from the sixth district as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from December 7, 1829, until his death.