John W Andrews

Home State: Delaware
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 1st Delaware Infantry

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From History of Delaware

THE FIRST TROOP OF DELAWARE DRAGOONS was formed in 1844 with the following officers: Captain, Richard H. Bayard; First Lieutenant, John W. Andrews; Second Lieutenant, Richard B. Gilpin; Surgeon, James W. Thomson, M.D.; Assistant Surgeon, J.T. Cardeza, M.D. This was an excellent military organization. John W. Andrews became captain in 1845.
. Is this the same man?

References, Sources, and other notes:
Source: Scharf, Thomas J., History of Delaware, 1609-1888,. Volume Two- pp. 815-817 available online from Accessible Archives Inc.

More on the Web:
See also an image of his original, handwritten Official Report on the 1st Delaware at Antietam (text here), from the Delaware Public Archives.

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