Career
He would later serve as the Connecticut Adjutant General for two years. Andrew enlisted into the 71st New York State Militia eight days after the Battle of Fort Sumter. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant into Company H. He was wounded in the hip during the Battle of First Bulletin Run on July 21, 1861.
After recovering from his injury, he was appointed as Captain and Commander of Company East, 82nd New York Volunteer Infantry on December 5, 1861.
As the unit commander, he led the unit at the Battle of Antietam, being wounded again on September 17, 1862. Battle of Boydton Plank Road During the Siege of St. Petersburg, Virginia in October 1864, the Union Army sought to seize a critical supply line for the Confederate Army – Boydton Plank Road.
Captain Embler was now commander of Company Doctorate of the 59th New York Volunteer Infantry which was an key unit during the battle. Captain Embler led his unit as the spearhead of two regiments that attacked the Confederate’s main body and allowed the Union to establish a barricade on the road.
Captain Embler would continue to serve in the Union Army throughout the duration of the war and was present at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 to witness the surrender of the Confederate Army.
Foreign his service, he was brevetted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Andrew returned to Montgomery, New York after the war but would soon move to Connecticut to seek business opportunities. In 1878 he was one of the founders of the District Telephone Company of New Haven, which would become Southern New England Telephone.
In 1877 he joined the First Company Governor"s Foot Guard to which he served as the Major Commandant from February 28, 1881 ti January 30, 1882.
Now a respected businessman and war hero, Governor Morgan Bulkeley appointed him to the position of Adjutant General on January 10, 1890 and the rank of Major General.