Biography
of
General Robert Anderson
Born June 14 1805, nr Louisville KY
Died October 26 1871, Nice, France
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1825, artillery duty, Black Hawk war, Seminole war,
Mexican war, commanded forts in Charleston Harbor in 1860-61.
War Service 1861 Maj., Fort Sumter (s), May 1861 Brig. Gen. of Regulars, commanded in Depts of Kentucky and
the
Cumberland, 1863 retired through ill health, raised the Stars and Stripes at Fort Sumter when it was
recaptured.
Brevet Promotions Maj. Gen. U.S.A. February 3 1865.
On the Internet General Robert Anderson, Federal Army