John Byers Anderson Military person

John Byers Anderson (November 22, 1817 – July 7, 1897) (alternatively John Byars Anderson) was an educator, railroad contractor and United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War as a colonel and superintendent of the Union railroads in the Department of the Ohio, Department of the Tennessee and Department of the Cumberland.

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John Byers Anderson
Alias (AKA)Anderson John Byars
Birth dateNovember 22, 1817
Birth place
Washington County Pennsylvania
Date of deathJuly 25, 1897
Place of death
Manhattan Kansas

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allegianceUnited States of America
military operations
American Civil War
service start1861

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