Robert Anderson Military person

Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. To many, he was a hero who defied the Confederacy and upheld Union honor in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861. The Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender to start the war. After Sumter fell, Anderson was promoted to brigadier general and given command of Union forces in Kentucky, but was removed late in 1861 and reassigned to Rhode Island, before retiring from military service in 1863.

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Robert Anderson
Birth dateJune 14, 1805
Birth place
Kentucky , Louisville Kentucky
Date of deathOctober 26, 1871
Place of death
Nice , French Third Republic
Resting place
West Point Cemetery

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allegiance
United States
Union
military operations
American Civil War
Black Hawk War
Mexican–American War
Second Seminole War
military branch
United States Army
Union Army
military command
Department of the Cumberland
Fort Sumter
service start1825
service end1863

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