Civil War General

George Leonard Andrews (1828-99) was an American soldier, serving as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

George Andrews was born in Bridgewater, Mass., and in 1851 graduated at West Point at the head of his class. For two years (1854-56) he was assistant professor of engineering at West Point. He then resigned from the service and was engaged in engineering work until the beginning of the Civil War, when he entered the Union Army as a lieutenant colonel.

He served in the Shenandoah Valley in 1861, took part in Pope's campaign in 1862, was raised to the rank of brigadier general in November, 1862, and bore a prominent part in General Bank's expedition to New Orleans. He was commander of the Corps d' Afrique from 1863 to 1865, and for "faithful and meritorious services in the campaign against Mobile" was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March 1865.

He was United States marshal in Massachusetts from 1867 to 1871, and was professor of French at West Point from 1871 to 1882, and of modern languages from 1882 until his retirement in 1892                                                                                                                              

 

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 31 Aug 1828 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 3 4 5 7
          Death: 4 Apr 1899 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA 4 5
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Events

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1. Residence ² in Brookline
2. Residence ⁵ in Roxbury, Massachusetts
3. Residence ³ in United States
4. Residence ⁷, 1870 in West Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Parents

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         Father: Manassah Andrews  (1794-1881) 1 8 
         Mother: Harriet Leonard  (1808-1883) 1

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Sarah Bridge Fiske  (4 Nov 1834 -       ) 1  [MRIN:1751]
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Helen B Andrews  (1854-      ) 1
                2. Percy Andrews  (1857-1867) 1

1 Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.), 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation.

2 Flint, Jim, comp, Norfolk County, MA Probate Index 1793-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.Original data - Probate Index, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Vol 2, L - Z, 1910. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910. Cat. #F/72/N8/M45/v.1.Original data).

3 Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Passport Applications, 1795-1905; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1372, 694 rolls); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Arc).

4 Historical Data Systems, comp, American Civil War General Officers (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000. Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury, MA 0).

5 Historical Data Systems, comp, American Civil War Soldiers (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.Or), Side served: Union; State served: Massachusetts; Enlistment date: 24 May 1861.

6 National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.Original data: General Index to Pension File).

7 Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes), Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593.

8 Direct Data Capture, comp, War of 1812 Service Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington,).