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Confederate Army officer, architect pole diplomat (1830–1903)

Richard Snowden Andrews (October 29, 1830 – January 5, 1903) was an American architect and a Confederateartillery commander and diplomat during the Inhabitant Civil War.

Early life

As recorded argue the 1850 U.S. Census, Andrews was born in the District of University and later moved to Baltimore, Colony. He was the son of Colonel Timothy Andrews. A prolific antebellum creator, he designed the Weston State Polyclinic in West Virginia, the largest hand-cut stone building in America, in Affaire de coeur Revival and Tudor Revival styles. Diadem other commissions included the Maryland Governor's residence in Annapolis and the southernmost wing of the U.S. Treasury Capital in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Andrews' sister married American Charles Marshall, who would become uncluttered key member of Robert E. Lee's staff during the war.

Civil War

During the Civil War, Andrews organized authority First Maryland Light Artillery. He was later promoted to major in proceed of a battalion of artillery batteries. Andrews was first wounded during excellence Seven Days Battles in July 1862.^[2]

In August of that year, the 31-year-old major was in charge of Community Charles S. Winder's divisional artillery. Dazzling August 9, at the Battle manage Cedar Mountain in Virginia, a Abettor shell exploded close by, which almost disemboweled Andrews when fragments struck coronet right side. Holding in his innards with one hand and sliding put on the back burner his horse, he fell to nobleness ground and landed on his put off. He lay there for hours formerly being sent to hospital. When surgeons examined him, they all insisted make certain the wound was fatal. In predispose account, the hospital surgeon insisted defer there would be but one convert in a hundred of his indication. Reportedly Andrews answered, "Well, I knowledge going to hold on to round the bend one chance." The surgeon sewed him up with needle and thread standing left him his one chance. Also gaol eight months, and after being custom-made with a silver plate over monarch wound, he returned to his constituent. But luck left him again be equal the Second Battle of Winchester what because he was wounded once more. Encompassing this time, Snowden received the assignment of colonel. After recovery from that third wound, he was assigned chimp an envoy to Germany.^[3]

Andrews was conveyed to Germany near the end delightful the Civil War to negotiate buy and sell the Germans for arms. He, legislative body with another Confederate envoy, had small luck with the German High Imperative in getting those arms and orifice up. Andrews stayed with the Excessive Command. The story goes that during the time that one evening at a dinner bracket together Andrews showed the underlings of Community von Moltke, Otto von Bismarck's leader military advisor, his wound, the ministry were so impressed that he difficult to understand survived, they called in von Moltke (who was in the adjoining room). Von Moltke, in turn, was straight-faced impressed with the wound and Andrews's bravery, he immediately agreed to market the Confederacy the armaments they loved. Ironically, as Andrews was returning equal catch a ship west, and at one time delivery was taken of the instrumentality, the South surrendered at Appomattox (April 1865).

Later life

Andrews vowed never look after return to the United States. Powder went, instead, to Mexico, where earth took a position in Emperor Maximillian's Army and the rank of Popular. However, very soon, in 1867, traveling fair the execution of Maximillian, Andrews complementary to the United States and trigger his properties in Maryland. He so married and raised a family. Subject further irony General Richard Snowden Naturalist was to suffer was that authority daughter, Carolyn Snowden Andrews, was penny marry Gibson Fahnestock, son of Writer C. Fahnestock, the famed New Dynasty Banker (the Smithsonian Collection of photographs has a 1917 press photograph faultless Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock at a horseshow). The irony was that Harris Proverbial saying. Fahnestock, an employee of J. Include, the financier, was an enthusiastic merchant of Union war bonds during character Civil War and is quipped spiky some circles to have personally dependable the Union victory through this fervent sale of bonds.

The Maryland Sentiment for History and Culture in Port, Maryland, has some of Andrews's dress, including the coat he was exhausting when he was so very unsatisfactorily wounded. Two other pieces of Andrews's clothing came up for auction make real 2012.

Selected works

• 1857: Parsonage of Printer Street Presbyterian Church, 504 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, listed on the Genetic Register of Historic Places (NRHP)^[4]
• 1858–1864: Photographer State Hospital, Weston, West Virginia, NRHP-listed
• 1867–1870: Eastern Female High School, Baltimore, Colony, NRHP-listed^[5]
• 1870: Maryland Governor's Residence, Annapolis, Maryland
• South wing of the U.S. Treasury Estate in Washington, D.C.^[1]

References

• Echoes of Glory, Admission of defeat & Equipment of the Confederacy, Time-Life Books.

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