Andrew E. Bishop was born to Calvin and Elizabeth Bishop in Hawkins County, Tennessee in July of 1847. During the Civil War, he served with Company A of the 3rd East Tennessee Mounted Infantry before being captured at the Big Black River on May 17, 1863. Much of the rest of his unit was captured two months later at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Bishop was originally sent to Memphis but was later transferred to Delaware. In late 1863, Bishop contracted smallpox and was treated at the USA Smallpox Hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. He was discharged in mid-1864 but remained in custody in Elmira, New York until February 9, 1865 when he was paroled to the James River for exchange. He returned to combat, but deserted at Russellville, Tennessee on March 21, 1865. After the war ended, Bishop returned to Tennessee and married Harriett Barrett on May 19, 1891. He most likely died between 1900 and 1910.