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Andress Hull, a July 1862 graduate of
the Albany Normal School, was also known as Albert B. Hull; records
indicate he used both names during the Civil War. He was from Lewisboro,
Westchester County. At the age of 20, he enlisted as a private in
the Normal School Company, just a month after his graduation from
the Normal School. He was promoted to corporal on July 22, 1863, and
sergeant on December 8, 1863. Hull was discharged January 14, 1864
for promotion to a captaincy in the Department of the Gulf with the
20th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was mustered out of service on October
7, 1865. (1)
From 1865-1868 he was in business in Newburgh, N. Y. Like Consider
Willet, he moved to Chicago, where in 1868, he began work for the
Chicago and Northwest Railroad. He became paymaster for the company
in 1876, and kept this position until his death August 8, 1906 in
Evanston, Illinois. He was married, had 4 daughters and lived at
1422 Hinman Ave, Evanston Ill. (3)
1. Nash, 403.
2. Historical Sketch of the State Normal College at Albany, N.Y....,
189.
Documentation reproduced with permission of Chris Hunter and the
Normal School
Company website
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