Life span: 05/31/1818 to 10/30/1867TabsLife SummaryFull name: John Albion AndrewPlace of Birth: Windham, MEBurial Place: Hingham, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 4Family: Jonathan Andrew (father), Nancy Green Pierce (mother), Eliza Jones (wife, 1848)Education: OtherOther Education: Bowdoin College, MEOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: Unitarian or UniversalistPolitical Parties: WhigFree SoilRepublicanOther Affiliations: Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)Government: Governor Note Cards John Albion Andrew, United States Colored Troops (American National Biography) ScholarshipConcurrent with his efforts for aid for freedpeople, Andrew took the lead in the experiment in racial egalitarianism for which he is most famous, the mobilization of African-American soldiers. Andrew was the politician best situated to transform into military policy the demands of black activists that African Americans be allowed to achieve their own equality through combat. In January 1863, after several months of vigorous lobbying, Andrew obtained authorization from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to recruit an African-American regiment in Massachusetts, but only with the proviso that all commissioned officers be white. Swallowing his objections to this stipulation, Andrew organized the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers.James Brewer Stewart, "Andrew, John Albion," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00022.html. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 05/01/1861 05/01/1861 Bodies of 6th Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore return to Boston 05/02/1861 05/02/1861 In Boston, family members officially identify the bodies of the Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore 11/05/1861 11/05/1861 Republican governors Andrew of Massachusetts and Ramsey of Minnesota easily re-elected 04/05/1865 04/05/1865 The first annual conference of the National Unitarian Church opened at the Atheneum in New York City 10/30/1867 10/30/1867 John A. Andrew, War Governor of Massachusetts, dies suddenly at his home in Boston, aged forty-nine. Major TopicsRepublican PartyUnited States Colored Troops Documents Author Docs Date Title 04/21/1861 John A. Andrew to George W. Brown, April 21, 1861 03/01/1862 Proclamation of Governor John A. Andrew, March 1, 1862 Addressee Docs Date Title 04/20/1861 George W. Brown to John A. Andrew, April 20, 1861 07/22/1863 Edward L. Pierce to John Albion Andrew, July 22, 1863 Images John Albion Andrew John Albion Andrew, detail Bibliography
John Albion Andrew, United States Colored Troops (American National Biography) ScholarshipConcurrent with his efforts for aid for freedpeople, Andrew took the lead in the experiment in racial egalitarianism for which he is most famous, the mobilization of African-American soldiers. Andrew was the politician best situated to transform into military policy the demands of black activists that African Americans be allowed to achieve their own equality through combat. In January 1863, after several months of vigorous lobbying, Andrew obtained authorization from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to recruit an African-American regiment in Massachusetts, but only with the proviso that all commissioned officers be white. Swallowing his objections to this stipulation, Andrew organized the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers.James Brewer Stewart, "Andrew, John Albion," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00022.html.
