Andrews, George L., brigadier-general, was born in
Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 31, 1828, and graduated in 1851 at
West Point standing the highest in his class. After
graduation he superintended the construction of fortifications
in Boston harbor and then returning to West Point, was
assistant professor there in 1854 and 1855. Resigning this
position in 1855, he was a civil engineer until the outbreak
of the Civil war, when he became lieutenant-colonel and
subsequently colonel of the 2nd Mass. regiment, serving in the
Shenandoah valley and conducting the rear guard of the retreat
at Cedar mountain. He fought through Pope's campaign and was
at Antietam, and on Nov. 1O, 1862, was promoted for
distinguished bravery to brigadier-general. In Banks'
expedition he led a brigade, and from July, 1863, to Feb. 13,
1865, commanded the Corps d'Afrique. On March 26, 1865, on
account of distinguished services at the capture of Mobile, he
was brevetted major-general of volunteers. After the war, on
April 8, 1867, he was appointed United States marshal for
Massachusetts, and on Feb. 27, 1871 went to West Point to
accept a position as professor of the French language.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 8