Richard Heron Anderson
Richard Heron Anderson (born October 7, 1821 in Hill Crest near Stateburg in Sumter County , South Carolina ; † June 26, 1879 in Beaufort , South Carolina) was an officer in the US Army until 1861 , general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and a servant of the state of South Carolina.
Life
Anderson attended the Military Academy at West Point , which he graduated in 1842 as the 40th of his year with the rank of lieutenant. He then served as the 1st US Dragoons and in the Mexican War , after which he was promoted to first lieutenant. On March 3, 1861, he resigned from the US Army and took over the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment as regimental commander .
After taking Fort Sumter , he was given command of the Charleston Harbor. On July 19, 1861 he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to Pensacola , Florida , where he was wounded in the action at Fort Pickens . After his recovery he fought with his troops on May 5, 1862 in the Battle of Williamsburg , on May 31 and June 1, 1862 in the Battle of Seven Pines and in the Seven Day Battle of June 25 - July 1 1862. Since Williamsburg he took command of the Division , major General James Longstreet . For his services and successes he was promoted to major general on July 14, 1862 and was given command of the second division from Longstreets Corps .
At the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 28 and 30, 1862, he attacked the Union troops , broke through their lines and forced them to evade. Six weeks later, at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was wounded in the thigh. The next battles he participated in were the Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15, 1862 and the Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 was Anderson's division third on the scrimmage.
The next spring, at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5-6, 1864, Longstreet was wounded and Anderson took command of the 1st Corps and led it during the overland campaign . He was promoted to lieutenant general on May 31, 1864, and when Longstreet returned recovered in October, Anderson led the newly created IV Corps during the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign , where he surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 .
After the war, Anderson became a state agent for the phosphate industry in South Carolina. He died in Beaufort in 1879 and was buried in the St. Helena Episcopal Curchyard .
literature
- James C. Elliott: Richard Heron Anderson: Lee's Noble Soldier . Dayton, OH 1985.
See also
Web links
- Richard Heron Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anderson, Richard Heron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hill Crest at Stateburg , Sumter County , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1879 |
| Place of death | Beaufort , South Carolina |