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Andrews, George L. (1828-1899) to H.K. Green

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07081.03 Author/Creator: Andrews, George L. (1828-1899) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 September 1889 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy

Provides additional information on the letter from Robert E. Lee addressed to his son Boo (George Washington Custis Lee) at West Point (GLC07081.01). Andrews reports that neither Colonel John M. Wilson, the Superintendent of West Point, who was on General George McClellan's staff, nor McClellan himself know about the disciplinary proceedings against William Lee for having alcohol in his quarters. Suggests that answers may be obtainable from a Mr. Nickolls or the records of the War Department. Andrews was possibly the George L. Andrews who taught French at West Point from 1871 to 1892. Green was a collector.

U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1889.
Mr. H.K. Green,
New York,
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 13th with enclosure was duly received. I have made inquiry of Colonel John M. Wilson, the Superintendent of the Academy, who was at the time on General McClellan's Staff, but he has no knowledge of the matter. Indeed, General McClellan himself appears to have known nothing of the facts in the case, at least at the date of his letter. Probably an account of what was done is to be learned only from the records of the War Department or from Nicholls himself.

As to the fate of Nicholls, he became a general officer in the Confederate [2] Army, lost an arm and a leg; after the war become Governor of the State of Louisiana, and was a few years ago a member of the Board of Visitors of the Military Academy. His residence is, I believe, in New Orleans.

I regret that I cannot give you fuller information.
Very truly yours,
Geo. L. Andrews

Andrews, George L., 1828-1899
Green, H.K., fl. 1889
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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