George L. Andrews to H. K. Green explaining that he has no information about disciplinary proceedings - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC07081.03
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1880s
Title	George L. Andrews to H. K. Green explaining that he has no information about disciplinary proceedings
Date	18 September 1889
Author	Andrews, George L. (1828-1899)
Recipient	Green, H.K.
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	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.
Subjects	West Point (US Military Academy) Confederate General or Leader Military History Education Children and Family Alcohol
People	Andrews, George L. (1828-1899) Green, H.K. (fl. 1889) Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Lee, George Washington Custis (1832-1913)
Place written	West Point, New York
Theme	Education
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide 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

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