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Allegiance
  
Rank
  
Service/branch
  
Name
  
Alfred Andreas

Years of service
  
1861–1865


Birth name
  
Alfred Theodore Andreas

Born
  
May 29, 1839Amity, Orange County, New York (
1839-05-29
)

Buried at
  
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa

Battles/wars
  
American Civil WarBattle of ShilohSiege of CorinthSecond Battle of CorinthBattle of ResacaBattle of AtlantaBattle of JonesboroughMarch to the SeaBattle of Bentonville

Spouse(s)
  
Sophia Lyter (m. 1865; death 1900)

Died
  
February 10, 1900, New Rochelle, New York, United States

Place of burial
  
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa, United States

Battles and wars
  
Unit
  
12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters

Alfred Theodore Andreas (May 29, 1839 – February 10, 1900) was an American book publisher and historian.

Life

He was born in Amity, Orange County, New York, on May 29, 1839.

After acquiring an education, he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where he taught school for some years and conducted business. In 1860, he moved to Illinois. He enlisted in Company G, 12th Illinois Infantry and served through the American Civil War, rising through the ranks to become a division commissary, serving with Sherman on the March to the Sea and the Carolina campaigns. After peace was restored, he moved to Davenport, Iowa, married and for several years was engaged in compiling and publishing county and State atlases, in partnership with John Milton Lyter, who became mayor in 1870. In 1875, he completed and published his greatest work, which was an "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa." It was accurate and became an official authority for real estate dealers, county and State officers. Although many made him substantial profit, others, including his Minnesota and Indiana atlases, were financial failures. Later Andreas moved to Chicago and organized the “Western Historical Company,” and took up historical writing, publishing a three-volume History of Chicago. He died at New Rochelle, New York, on February 10, 1900.

References

Alfred T. Andreas Wikipedia


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