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Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender to start the war. Anderson was celebrated as a hero in the ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Robert Anderson (born June 14, 1805, Jefferson county, Kentucky, U.S.—died October 26, 1871, Nice, France) was a career U.S. Army officer who fought for the Union during the American Civil War.
Nov 23, 2023 · Robert Anderson was the commander of Fort Sumter during the battle that started the American Civil War. He also served as commander of the Department of the Cumberland in 1861.
- Harry Searles
The man most synonymous with the embattled federal position at Fort Sumter and the first Union loss of the Civil War, Maj. Robert Anderson, was born in the slaveholding state of Kentucky on June 14, 1805.
When the Civil War began, Robert Anderson was a major in the United States Army commanding the federal garrison at Fort Sumter. When Southern forces commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard demanded that Anderson surrender the fort, Anderson refused.
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Major Robert Anderson, a Kentuckian, famously commanded the US Army garrison of Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the American Civil War. A graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, Anderson served as a colonel of Illinois volunteers in the 1832 Black Hawk War and as an assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Winfield Scott ...
