Robert Anderson
Born: June 14, 1805
Birthplace: Soldiers Retreat Plantation, Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Lt. Colonel Richard Clough Anderson Sr. 1750 – 1826
(Buried: Anderson Family Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Mother: Sarah Marshall 1779 – 1854
(Buried: Anderson Family Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Wife: Eliza Bayard Clinch 1828 – 1905
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Married: 1846
Children:
Eba Anderson Lawton Unknown – 1919
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Maria L. Anderson 1849 – 1925
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Sophie Clinch Anderson 1852 – 1934
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Robert Anderson Jr. 1859 – 1878
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Education:1825: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (15th in class)
Occupation before War:
1825: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1825 – 1833: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1825 – 1826: Private Secretary to U.S. Minister to Colombia
1826 – 1828: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia
1828 – 1832: Ordnance Duty for United States Army
1832: Assistant Inspector General of Illinois Volunteers
1832: Served in the Battle of Bad Axe
1832 – 1833: Ordnance Duty with United States Army
1833 – 1841: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1834: Garrison Duty at Fort Constitution, New Hampshire
1834 – 1835: Ordnance Duty with United States Army
1835: Assistant Artillery Instructor at West Point Military Academy
1835 – 1837: Artillery Instructor at West Point Military Academy
1837 – 1838: Served in Florida against the Seminole Indians
1838: Served in the Battle of Locha – Hatchee, Florida
1838: Commander of Capture of forty – five Indians in Fort Lauderdale
1838: Brevetted Captain for his service in Florida against Seminoles
1838: Served in the Skirmish at the Everglades, Florida
1838: Aide – de – camp to Major General Winfield Scott
1838 – 1841: Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General
1838 – 1841: Assistant Adjutant General Department of the East
1840: Translator from French Instruction of Field Artillery Foot - Horse
1841 – 1844: Member Board to examine Instruction of Field Artillery
1841 – 1857: Captain United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Marion, Florida
1846 – 1847: Garrison Duty at Fort Brooke, Florida
1847: Served in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847: Served in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico
1847: Served in the Skirmish at Amazoque, Mexico
1847: Wounded during the Battle of Molino Del Rey, Mexico
1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Molino Del Rey
1847 – 1848: Disabled by his Wounds
1848 – 1853: Garrison Duty at Fort Preble, Maine
1849 – 1851: Member Board of Officers to devise Siege Instruction
1853 – 1854: Governor of Harrodsburg Branch Military Asylum
1854 – 1855: Member Board for the Armament of Fortifications
1855 – 1859: Inspector of Iron Works manufactured in Trenton, New Jersey
1857 – 1861: Major of United States Army, 1st Artillery
1859 – 1860: Member board to arrange Instruction at Fort Monroe
1860: Member Commission to examine Instruction at West Point
1860: Translator of Evolutions of Field Batteries
Civil War Career:1857 – 1861: Major United States Army, 1st Artillery
1860 – 1861: Commander of Defenses in Charleston, South Carolina
1860 – 1861: Commander of Defenses of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
1861: Surrendered Fort Sumter on April 14th
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General in United States Army
1861: Union Army Commander of Department of Kentucky
1861: Union Army Commander of Department of the Cumberland
1863: Commander of Fort Adams, Rhode Island
1863 – 1869: Staff Officer of General Commanding Eastern Dept.
1863: Retired from active service in United States Army on Oct. 27th
1865: Brevetted Major General for his service at Fort Sumter
1865: Returned to Charleston, South Carolina, and Fort Sumter
1865: Raised the American Flag over Fort Sumter after Lee’s Surrender
Occupation after War:
1869 – 1871: Companion of Military Order of the Loyal Legion
1870 – 1871: Traveled to Dresden, Germany and Nice, France
Died: October 26, 1871
Place of Death: Nice, France
Cause of Death: Bad Health
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
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