Garnett Andrews Papers, . 1816-1928

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Garnett Andrews Papers, . 1816-1928

Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) of Washington, Ga., Yazoo, Miss., and Chattanooga, Tenn. was a Confederate army officer, and served as Judge-Advocate at the Confederate court-martial trial of Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897) and Jerome Bonaparte Robertson (1815-1890). Varied papers of Andrews consisting of letters to him from Rosalie Beirne of Monroe County, W. Va., before and after their marriage in 1867; estate papers of Rosalie's father, Andrew Beirne of Monroe County; papers pertaining to the courts martial of Confederate generals Lafayette McLaws and Jerome Bonapart Robertson for actions during the Knoxville campaign (Andrews was a Confederate judge advocate); genealogical charts, correspondence, and other items relating primarily to the Andrews family, but also including material on the Beirne, Garnett, and Key families; and letters from, scrapbook of, and collection of autograph letters from famous persons to Andrews's sister, Eliza Frances Andrews of Georgia, author and illustrator under the name Persons represented in the autograph collection include Braxton Bragg, Henry Clay, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Asa Gray, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Raphael Semmes, Alexander H. Stephens, and Robert Toombs. Elzey Hay.

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Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) of Washington, Ga., Yazoo, Miss., and Chattanooga, Tenn., was a Confederate army officer, and served as Judge-Advocate at the Confederate court-martial trial of Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897) and Jerome Bonaparte Robertson (1815-1890). From the guide to the Garnett Andrews Papers, ., 1816-1928, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...