George Thomas Anderson
George Thomas Anderson , (born February 3, 1824 in Covington , Newton County , Georgia , † April 4, 1901 in Anniston , Alabama ) was a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War .
Life
Anderson was born in Georgia and grew up on his parents' farm. He attended Emory College near Covington, but left it prematurely in 1847 to fight in the war with Mexico . Within a very short time he became 2nd Lieutenant and fought mostly around Mexico City until 1848 . During this time he was under the command of Major General Stephen W. Kearny . At the end of the year he demoted to Mobile , Alabama, settled in Walton County , Georgia, worked as a farmer and railroad agent. He also married Elizabeth Ramey here.
A few years later he accepted the offer to serve as Captain of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the US Army and served until 1858, when he returned to Walton County and continued to work as a farmer. With the beginning of the Civil War, Anderson was elected Captain of the Walton Infantry, which went up as Company H in the 11th Georgia Regiment. On July 2, 1861, the regiment arrived in Atlanta and Anderson was promoted to colonel. As Colonel of the 11th Georgia Regiment and later as Brigadier General and Commander of the Anderson Brigade, he was involved in most battles in the east until the Appomattox campaign . There were a total of 38 battles, 14 of them between May and December 1862 alone.
After the Civil War, Anderson worked as a freight agent. In 1870 his wife died and in 1872 General Anderson became Marshal or Chief of the Atlanta Police. In 1881 he left Atlanta and moved to Tuscaloosa , where he worked as a salesman for the next eight years and married Linda Spiller, with whom he later had two children. In 1889 he moved to Anniston, working first as a clerk for the city, then as police chief, and finally as a tax collector in Calhoun County . He carried out this activity until 1901, until a few days before his death.
See also
Web links
- George T. Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anderson, George Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Confederate General in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Covington , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1901 |
| Place of death | Anniston , Alabama |