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ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDERSON, See also:RICHARD See also:HENRY (1821–1879) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:South Carolina on the 7th of See also:October 1821. Graduating at See also:West Point in 1842, he served in the Mexican See also:War (in which he won the See also:brevet of first See also:lieutenant) and in the See also:Kansas troubles of 1856-1857,becomingfirst lieutenant in 1848 and See also:captain in 1855. At the outbreak of the See also:Civil War in 1861 he resigned his See also:commission in the U.S. See also:army, and entered the Confederate service as a brigadier-See also:general, being promoted See also:major-general in See also:August 1862 and lieutenant-general in May 1864. With the exception of a few months spent with the army under See also:Bragg in 1862, Anderson's service was wholly in the Army of See also:Northern See also:Virginia. Under See also:Lee and See also:Longstreet he served as a divisional See also:commander in nearly every See also:battle from 1862 to 1864, winning especial distinction at See also:Chancellorsville and See also:Gettysburg. When Longstreet was wounded at the battle of the See also:Wilderness, Anderson succeeded him in command of the 1st See also:corps, which he led in the subsequent battles. His services at the battle of See also:Spottsylvania (q.v.) were most important. He remained with the army, as a corps commander, to the See also:close of the war, after which he retired into private See also:life. He died at See also:Beaufort S.C. on the 26th of See also:June 1879.

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