Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson
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Born: October 7, 1821
Sumter County, South Carolina
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Died: June 26, 1879
Beaufort, South Carolina
Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson
July 1842: West Point Graduate
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July 1842: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
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July 16, 1844: 2nd Lieutenant
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August 17, 1847: Brevet1st Lieutenant
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July 13, 1848: 1st Lieutenant
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March 3, 1861: Resigned U.S. Army
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1861: Colonel, CSA
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July 19, 1861: Brigadier General
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July 14, 1862: Major General
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May 31, 1864: Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
July 1842: West Point Graduate - 40 out of 56 cadets - Brevetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Dragoons
1843-1844: Several posts on the Western Front
July 16, 1844: Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
1844-1845: Served at Fort Jessup, Louisiana
1845: Military occupation of Texas
1846: Recruiting Duty
1846-1848: Mexican-American War
March 9-29, 1847: Siege of Veracruz
June 9, 1847: Skirmish near La Hoya
August 19, 1847: Battle of Contresas
August 20, 1847: Skirmish near San Augusin Altapulco
September 8, 1847: Battle of Molina del Rey
For bravery at the skirmish at San Agustin - Brevet promotion to 1st Lieutenant effective August 17th
September 12-14, 1847: Capture of Mexico City
July 13, 1848: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Dragoons
1849-1850: Stationed at Carlisle Barracks
1851-1852: Recruiting Duty
1852-1858: Frontier Duty
1858-1859: Utah War
1859-1861: Fort Kearny, Nebraska
March 3, 1861: Resigned U.S. Army
Colonel of 1st South Carolina Regulars
Given command of Charleston Harbor after the fall of Fort Sumter
July 19, 1861: Promoted to Brigadier General and transferred to Pensacola, Florida
March-July 1862: Peninsula Campaign - Temporarily assuming Division command at Seven Pines under Gen. Longstreet
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July 14, 1862: Promoted to Major General
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam - Command of the Sunken Road or Bloody Lane. Was wounded in the thigh and left the battle.
December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
Division saw light engagements
May 18, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville: pressed the Union left while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson attacked the Union right flank
July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg
July 2, 1863: Anderson's Division attacked near the Union center. Anderson's right was successful attacking Union Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphrey's III Corps Division along Emmitsburg Road
July 3, 1863: Anderson's Brigade participated in the late minutes of Pickett's charge, but was driven back
Spring 1864: Battle of the Wilderness, Longstreet was severely wounded and Anderson took hi place commanding the I Corps
May 9-21, 1864: Anderson reached his objective and held it away from the Union during heavy fighting
May 31, 1864: Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant General
June 3, 1864: Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
April 6, 1865: Battle of Saylor's Creek
April 9, 1865: Battle of Appomattox Court House
September 27, 1865: Pardoned
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 14
Richard H. Anderson (General). 23 May 2022. web. 8 June 2022.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Generals. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 8-9
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