CSA Andersons and WW Allen

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This should take care of the rest of the CSA generals I've taken on as of right now. There are a few out there who are left, but others are signed up for them.


Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Anderson (b. 1804, d. 1883) Twice appointed a brigadier general, Samuel Read Anderson served both in the front lines and the rear areas. Anderson was born Feb. 17, 1804, in Bedford County, Virginia. As a young man, he moved to Kentucky and later to Tennessee, finally settling in the Nashville area. In the Mexican War, Anderson was a lieutenant colonel of the 1st Tennessee Infantry. After that, he was cashier of the Bank of Tennessee and postmaster of Nashville. In 1861, Anderson received the commission of major general of state troops from Gov. Isham Harris. On July 9, 1861, Anderson was commissioned into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States as a brigadier general. His first service came with Gen. Robert E. Lee in western Virginia, where his men played a key role in cutting off any Federal retreat at the Battle of Cheat Mountain, Sept. 11-13, 1861. His troops stayed in western Virginia for the winter under Maj. Gen. William W. Loring. Anderson was transferred to the Yorktown, Virginia, area under Maj. Gen. John Magruder. Anderson’s health failed for many reasons and he resigned his commission May 10, 1862, after the Yorktown lines were abandoned. Anderson next emerged in 1864, when President Jefferson Davis reappointed Anderson as a brigadier general, Nov. 7, 1864. At that time, he was placed in charge of the bureau of conscription for the state of Tennessee with headquarters in Selma, Alabama. After the war, Anderson returned to Tennessee and engaged in business until his death in Nashville, Jan. 2, 1883. He was buried in the Old City Cemetery there.

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson (b. 1835, d. 1888) The “other” R.H. Anderson, Robert Houstoun Anderson saw military action in artillery, infantry and cavalry during his lengthy career. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 1, 1835, Anderson was a member of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 1857. He graduated 35th in his class and was assigned as a second lieutenant first in New York State and then in Walla Walla, Washington Territory, in infantry. He left the U.S. Army to offer his services to the Confederacy and was appointed a lieutenant of artillery. He was promoted to major in September of 1861 and made assistant adjutant general to W.H.T. Walker, then a major general of Georgia troops. He saw time on the Georgia coast, seeing action at Fort McAllister against bombarding Federal ships. He moved to the 5th Georgia Cavalry as colonel. This unit belonged to Col. William W. Allen’s brigade in the Army of Tennessee. When Allen was promoted, Anderson was promoted to brigadier general to rank from July 26, 1864. He operated with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s troops during the Atlanta Campaign. When Brig. Gen. John H. Kelly was killed on a raid near Franklin, Tennessee, Anderson briefly commanded a division. Anderson was present at the surrender of the Army of Tennessee with Gen. Joseph Johnston. After the war, Anderson returned to Savannah and served as the city’s chief of police from 1867 until his death, Feb. 8, 1888. From 1879-87, he served on the West Point board of visitors. He was buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.

Maj. Gen. James P. Anderson (b. 1822, d. 1872) A veteran of the Mexican War, James Patton Anderson brought lessons learned in that conflict to his Confederate military career. Anderson was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, Feb. 16, 1822. The family moved to Mississippi. He briefly attended college in Pennsylvania before financial hardship forced him to return home. He studied and practiced medicine in Hernando County, Mississippi. When the Mexican War came, Anderson helped to raise the 1st Battalion of the Mississippi Rifles. He was lieutenant colonel of this unit during the war. After serving in the Mississippi legislature, Anderson was appointed U.S. Marshal for the Washington Territory by President Franklin Pierce. In 1855, he was elected the Washington Territory delegate to the U.S. Congress. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Anderson was living in Monticello, Florida, where he was a delegate to the state’s secession convention. He was appointed colonel of the 1st Florida Infantry which was brought into service under Gen. Braxton Bragg in Pensacola. In the buildup prior to the Battle of Shiloh, Anderson was promoted to brigadier general to rank from Feb. 10, 1862. At Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, Anderson led a brigade. He was a division commander during Gen. Bragg’s campaign into Kentucky in the middle of 1862. He commanded at the Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, and later led a critical charge of Walthall’s Brigade in the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River), Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863, which resulted in the capture of several Federal guns. Anderson continued through 1863 as a brigadier general in charge of a division, seeing action at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. He was promoted to major general to rank from Feb. 17, 1864, and assigned to command the District of Florida. In July of 1864, Anderson was recalled to the Army of Tennessee. He returned in time for the Battle of Ezra Church and followed by leading troops in the Battle of Utoy Creek. At the Battle of Jonesboro, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1864, Jones was hit in the chest. Surgeons wanted to discharge him on medical grounds, but Anderson protested and returned in time for the surrender. After the war, Anderson operated a small agricultural newspaper in Memphis and was the collector of taxes for Shelby County. He died in Memphis Sept. 20, 1872, and was buried there.

Brig. Gen. George B. Anderson (b. 1831, d. 1863) Hit in the foot while defending the “Bloody Lane” at Sharpsburg (Antietam) Sept. 17, 1862, proved to be fatal for George Burgwyn Anderson. He received treatment for the wound soon after being shot, but complications set in and the foot later was amputated. He died while being treated in Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct. 16, 1862. Anderson had a promising military career. Born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, April 12, 1831, Anderson originally studied at the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. At West Point, Anderson graduated 10th in the Class of 1852 and was sent to Kansas as a brevet second lieutenant of dragoons on the frontier. He also saw duty in Kansas. He was on recruiting duty when North Carolina seceded. He decided to go with his home state and resigned from the U.S. Army April 25, 1862. In Confederate service, Anderson was commissioned as colonel of the 4th North Carolina. Arriving in Virginia just after First Manassas, Anderson’s regiment was placed into garrison duty at Manassas. In March of 1862, Anderson’s men were sent to oppose the Peninsular Campaign and saw first action at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. President Jefferson Davis witnessed Anderson personally lead a furious charge, grabbing the colors of the 27th Georgia, and promoted him to brigadier general on the spot. Anderson’s actual commission came June 9. The Fourth North Carolina suffered massive losses at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. By the end of the battle, the regiment lost 77 killed, 286 wounded and six missing for a 54-percent loss. By the time the regiment went into combat at Mechanicsville during the Seven Days Campaign, Anderson was the brigade commander. He led this brigade through the rest of the Seven Days Campaign, but was wounded in the hand at Malvern Hill. Anderson’s men were not involved in combat again until the Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River. At South Mountain, Anderson’s brigade and the whole of Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill’s division guarded the gaps long enough for Gen. Robert E. Lee to consolidate his troops at Sharpsburg. In the bloodiest day of the war, Anderson’s men held part of the line in the “Bloody Lane” until a mix-up in orders caused part of the brigade of Brig. Gen. Robert Rodes to leave its spot in the lane. Anderson tried to rally his men, but was wounded. After his death, Anderson was buried in the Confederate section of Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, one of three Confederate generals to be buried there. One of the others is William R. Cox, who led what had been Anderson’s brigade at the end of the war.

Maj. Gen. William W. Allen (b. 1835, d. 1894) While born in New York City, William Wirt Allen was brought up in the south and when the Civil War came, there was no doubt which side he would fight for. Allen was born Sept. 11, 1835, in New York City. Raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Allen went back north to attend the College of New Jersey to study law. The graduated in 1854 and returned to Alabama to become a planter. When the war started, he joined the Montgomery Mounted Rifles and was made first lieutenant. Early in 1862, he was elected major of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, which was assigned to the Army of Tennessee before the Battle of Shiloh. The two-day battle there was the first combat for Allen, who survived the carnage there April 6-7, 1862. After that, he was promoted to colonel of the 1st Alabama Cavalry. He went with this unit into Kentucky under Gen. Braxton Bragg, being wounded at the Battle of Perryville Oct. 8, 1862. At the end of the year, Allen fought at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) and was wounded again. This wound kept him out of action for some time. Allen returned and was promoted to brigadier general to rank from Feb. 26, 1864, when he was given command under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. As spring of 1864 approached, Allen’s brigade was the only full-strength cavalry brigade in the army. Allen’s command saw heavy action while screening and delaying against the Federal Atlanta Campaign. After the fall of Atlanta, Allen’s brigade stayed with Wheeler and harassed Maj. Gen. William Sherman’s Armies in their March to the Sea and into the Carolinas Campaign. Holding divisional command for much of the latter campaign, Allen was approved by President Jefferson Davis March 4, 1865, but never was approved by the Confederate Senate, which was in the process of fleeing from Richmond. He surrendered in Salisbury, North Carolina, May 3, 1865, and was paroled as a brigadier general. After the war, Allen resumed as a farmer and also worked in railroads. He was adjutant general of Alabama and later was a U.S. Marshal during the first term of President Grover Cleveland. Allen died in Sheffield, Alabama, Nov. 24, 1894. He was buried in Birmingham, Alabama.

[Gil R.]

Copied, thanks.

Just typical -- I finally make progress by editing a bio, and you hit me with five more! So the overall progress for the past 24 hrs. is -4 bios, to use some fuzzy math...

As for the assigned Confederates, any that have been assigned to someone else for more than, say, six months can be yours, if you want (with the obvious exceptions of jkBluesman and Shenandoah, if they have any still). Just let me know which you'd want.

[Gil R.]

Here’s the “other” R.H. Anderson, with minor changes only. The ratings I gave him are rather uncreative, I'll admit...

Brig. Gen. Robert Houstoun Anderson (b. 1835, d. 1888). The “other” R.H. Anderson (he was less famous than Lt. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson), Anderson saw military action in artillery, infantry and cavalry during his lengthy career. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on October 1, 1835, Anderson was a member of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 1857. He graduated 35th in his class and served as a 2nd lieutenant first in New York State and then in Walla Walla, Washington Territory, in infantry. He left the U.S. Army to offer his services to the Confederacy and was appointed a lieutenant of artillery. He was promoted to major in September of 1861 and made assistant adjutant general to W.H.T. Walker, then a major general of Georgia troops. He initially was stationed on the Georgia coast, seeing action at Fort McAllister against bombarding Union ships. Anderson soon moved to the 5th Georgia Cavalry as its colonel, serving in Col. William W. Allen’s brigade in the Army of Tennessee. When Allen was promoted, Anderson was promoted to brigadier general, to rank from July 26, 1864. In this capacity, Anderson operated with Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s troops during the Atlanta Campaign. When Gen. John H. Kelly was killed on a raid near Franklin, Tennessee, Anderson briefly commanded his division. Anderson was present for the surrender of the Army of Tennessee by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to Gen. William T. Sherman on April 26, 1865. After the war, Anderson returned to Savannah and served as the city’s chief of police from 1867 until his death, on February 8, 1888. From 1879-87, he also served on the West Point board of visitors. Anderson was buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah. (Bio by Bill Battle)

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