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Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810 – December 27, 1883), was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army. Early life.
My Library. Civil War | Biography. Andrew A. Humphreys. Title Major General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Union. Date of Birth - Death November 2, 1810–December 27, 1883. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831.
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, 1810-1883. In December 1862, at the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg, a young Union officer wrote: "I do like to see a brave man, but when a man goes out for the ...
Andrew A. Humphreys and the Development of Hydraulic Engineering: Politics and Technology in the Army Corps of Engineers, 1850-1950.
10 de may. de 2024 · Ltr, Andrew A. Humphreys (AAH) to Rebecca Humphreys (wife), 18 Dec 1862, Andrew A. Humphreys Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (hereafter cited as AAHP, HSP), 33/26; Matthew T. Pearcy, “‘No Heroism Can Avail’: Andrew A. Humphreys and His Pennsylvania Division at Antietam and Fredericksburg,” Army History 76 (Summer 2010): 6–26.
Andrew Humphreys was born into a prominent Philadelphia family of Quaker origin. His grandfather, Joshua Humphreys, a distinguished naval architect later known as the “Father of the American Navy,” served as chief naval constructor (1794–1801) and designed the first U.S. warships, including the Constitution (“Old Ironsides”) and her five sister ships.
Humphreys in the Second Seminole War. By Matthew T. Pearcy. In late February 1836, 2d Lt. Andrew A. Humphreys (1810-1883) reported for duty at Fort Drane in the remote interior of the Florida peninsula. Green and untried, the young West Pointer chronicled his first experiences at war in a leather bound journal.
