5/28/2023 0 Comments 1861 the civil war awakening![]() ![]() (1750–1826), served in the Continental Army as an aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolutionary War, and was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati his mother, Sarah Marshall (1779–1854), was a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. ![]() He was removed late in 1861 and reassigned to Rhode Island, before retiring from military service in 1863.Īnderson was born at "Soldier's Retreat," the Anderson family estate near Louisville, Kentucky. Anderson was celebrated as a hero in the North and promoted to brigadier general and given command of Union forces in Kentucky. 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. ![]() Robert Anderson (J– October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. ![]()
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