Andrew T. Goodman
Andrew T. Goodman was born around 1833 in Pennsylvania to Charles Goodman and Margaret Thatcher. He married Adelaide B. Dewey on April 20, 1858, and they had at least two children: Roland, born around 1860; and Amy, born around 1862. By the early 1860s, he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
In August 1862, he received a commission as captain of Company C of the 119th Pennsylvania Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. In December 1863, he denounced northern newspaper editors who cried for “More blood! More blood!” Winter campaigning, he confessed, left him feeling “Discouraged in heart and completely worn down.”
 
Nonetheless, he remained fiercely loyal to the Union. He denounced Peace Democrats as “vile traitors” who were “attempt[ing] to secretly sow the seeds of discord in this Army.” On April 21, 1865, he was promoted to major in the 215th Pennsylvania Infantry. He mustered out on July 31, 1865.
 
He returned to Philadelphia after the war, and he earned a living as a clerk. He applied for a federal pension in March 1874 and eventually received one. By 1900, they were living in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He died there on September 20, 1913.   
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4272)Goodman, Andrew T.18331913-09-20
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Captain
  • Rank out: Major
  • Rank highest: Major
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 51

  • (11800) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 11 January 1862
  • (11801) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 13 January 1862
  • (11802) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 4 September 1862
  • (11803) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 14 September 1862
  • (11804) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 30 September 1862
  • (11805) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 12 October 1862
  • (11806) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 23 October 1862
  • (11807) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 14 October 1862
  • (11808) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 7 November 1862
  • (11809) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 10 November 1862
  • (11810) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 14 November 1862
  • (11811) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 30 November 1862
  • (11812) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 17 December 1862
  • (11813) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 1 January 1863
  • (11814) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 25 January 1863
  • (11815) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman and Roland Goodman, 1 February 1863
  • (11816) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 11 February 1863
  • (11817) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Roland Goodman, 19 February 1863
  • (11818) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 19 February 1863
  • (11819) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 1 March 1863
  • (11820) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 9 March 1863
  • (11821) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 13 March 1863
  • (11822) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 26 March 1863
  • (11823) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 30 March 1863
  • (11824) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Williams I. Blanchard and Henry B. Blanchard, 31 March 1863
  • (11825) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 8 April 1863
  • (11826) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 12 April 1863
  • (11827) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 26 April 1863
  • (11828) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 30 April 1863
  • (11829) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 19 June 1863
  • (11830) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 20 June 1863
  • (11831) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Henry B. Blanchard and Adelaide B. Goodman, 23 June 1863
  • (11832) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Henry B. Blanchard and Adelaide B. Goodman, 25 June 1863
  • (11833) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman to Roland Goodman, 31 July 1863
  • (11834) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Henry B. Blanchard and Adelaide B. Goodman, 6 August 1863
  • (11835) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman to Roland Goodman, 31 August 1863
  • (11836) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 13 September 1863
  • (11837) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 17 September 1863
  • (11838) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 27 September 1863
  • (11839) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 29 September 1863
  • (11840) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 9 October 1863
  • (11841) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 21 October 1863
  • (11842) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 29 October 1863
  • (11843) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Henry B. Blanchard, 8 November 1863
  • (11844) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 14 November 1863
  • (11845) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 20 November 1863
  • (11846) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 4 December 1863
  • (11847) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Roland Goodman and Adelaide B. Goodman, 19 December 1863
  • (11848) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 14 May 1865
  • (11849) [writer] ~ Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, undated
  • (11850) [recipient] ~ George W. Bicknell to Andrew T. Goodman, 9 June 1863

People - Records: 2

  • (4273) Goodman, Adelaide B. is the [wife of] (4272) Goodman, Andrew T.
  • (4274) Goodman, Roland is the [child of] (4272) Goodman, Andrew T.

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (2724) [death] ~ Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (717) [officer] [C] ~ 119th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • (1020) [officer] ~ 215th Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES

1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 27 September 1863, DL1738.040, Nau Collection; Andrew T. Goodman to Adelaide B. Goodman, 20 November 1863, DL1738.047, Nau Collection.