Richard Snowden Andrews
Richard Snowden Andrews | |
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Born | District of Columbia | October 29, 1830
Died | January 5, 1903 | (aged 72)
Buried | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service/ | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | First Maryland Light Artillery |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Spouse(s) | Mary Catherine Lee |
Relations | Col. Weston State Hospital |
Richard Snowden Andrews (October 29, 1830 – January 5, 1903) was an American architect and a Confederate artillery commander and diplomat during the American Civil War.
Early life
As recorded on the
Andrews' sister married Virginian
Civil War
During the Civil War, Andrews organized the First Maryland Light Artillery. He was later promoted to major in charge of a battalion of artillery batteries. Andrews was first wounded during the Seven Days Battles in July 1862.[2]
In August of that year, the 31-year-old major was in charge of General
Andrews was sent to Germany near the end of the Civil War to negotiate with the Germans for arms. He, along with another Confederate envoy, had little luck with the German High Command in getting those arms and split up. Andrews stayed with the High Command. The story goes that when one evening at a dinner party Andrews showed the underlings of General von Moltke, Otto von Bismarck's chief military advisor, his wound, the advisors were so impressed that he had survived, they called in von Moltke (who was in the adjoining room). Von Moltke, in turn, was so impressed with the wound and Andrews's bravery, he immediately agreed to sell the Confederacy the armaments they wanted. Ironically, as Andrews was returning to catch a ship west, and before delivery was taken of the arms, the South surrendered at Appomattox (April 1865).
Later life
Andrews vowed never to return to the United States. He went, instead, to Mexico, where he took a position in Emperor Maximillian's Army and the rank of General. However, very soon, in 1867, on the execution of Maximillian, Andrews returned to the United States and to his properties in Maryland. He then married and raised a family. One further irony General Richard Snowden Andrews was to suffer was that his daughter, Carolyn Snowden Andrews, was to marry Gibson Fahnestock, son of Harris C. Fahnestock, the famed New York Banker (the Smithsonian Collection of photographs has a 1917 press photograph of Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock at a horseshow). The irony was that Harris C. Fahnestock, an employee of J. Covey, the financier, was an enthusiastic salesman of Union war bonds during the Civil War and is quipped in some circles to have personally ensured the Union victory through this enthusiastic sale of bonds.
The Maryland Center for History and Culture in Baltimore, Maryland, has some of Andrews's clothing, including the coat he was wearing when he was so very badly wounded. Two other pieces of Andrews's clothing came up for auction in 2012.
Selected works
- 1857: Parsonage of Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, 504 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)[4]
- 1858–1864: Weston State Hospital, Weston, West Virginia, NRHP-listed
- 1867–1870: Eastern Female High School, Baltimore, Maryland, NRHP-listed[5]
- 1870: Maryland Governor's Residence, Annapolis, Maryland
- South wing of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.[1]
References
- ^ a b *Baltimore Architecture biography
- ^ *Draw the Sword bio
- ^ Echoes of Glory, p. 123.
- ^ Joseph Potts (November 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Franklin Street Presbyterian Church and Parsonage" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Eastern Female High School, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. November 21, 2008.
- Echoes of Glory, Arms & Equipment of the Confederacy, Time-Life Books.