James Patton Anderson

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General James Patton Anderson

James Patton Anderson (* 16th February 1822 in Franklin City , Franklin County , Tennessee ; †  20th September 1872 in Memphis , Tennessee) was a major general of the Confederate in the Civil War .

Life

Anderson was born in Tennessee, but grew up in Mississippi . He later went to college in northwest Pennsylvania but had to drop out early because of a family financial crisis. He then studied medicine and practiced as a doctor. He later fought in the Mexican War , served in the Mississippi government, served as the first US Marshal in the Washington Territory, and was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic delegate without voting rights . In 1857, he did not accept the appointment as governor of the territory by US President James Buchanan . In the same year he moved to Florida and built a plantation near Monticello .

When the Civil War broke out, he joined the Confederate Army as a Colonel and was promoted to Brigadier General on February 10, 1862. Anderson led his brigade on April 6 and 7, 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh and took command of the Army of Tennessee in the Kentucky Campaign and at the Battle of Perryville . During the skirmishes at Chickamauga Creek and Chattanooga , he was made division commander and officially majored on February 17, 1864.

After being transferred from the western border, he was given command of a small Confederate district in Florida. In July 1864 he was recruited by the Army of Tennessee, served in Georgia, fought at the Battle of Ezra Church , in a small skirmish on Utoy Creek and at the Battle of Jonesborough . During this battle he was wounded in the chest and temporarily gave up his command. Contrary to medical advice, he led his troops again a few days later. Anderson was imprisoned after they fought their final battle in the Carolinas that they lost.

He was released in the spring of 1865 and lived in Memphis after the war. His wound made it impossible for him to pursue a physically demanding job. He published a small agricultural newspaper and died in absolute poverty on September 20, 1872.

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SURNAME Anderson, James Patton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Confederate General in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Franklin City , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1872
Place of death Memphis , Tennessee