Robert Anderson
Union Army general (1805-1871) · United States · Died at 66
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Something wrong?Robert Anderson was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender, starting the war.
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Major Robert Anderson and his officers Ft Sumpter South Carolina
Major Robert Anderson, photo by Mathew Brady![Anderson's personal flag, which was later captured by rebel forces[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Fort_Sumter_Flag.png/500px-Fort_Sumter_Flag.png)
Anderson's personal flag, which was later captured by rebel forces[7]
Robert Anderson's telegram announcing the surrender of Fort Sumter
Major Robert Anderson is honored with his likeness inscribed in a monument atop Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.
Gravesite at the West Point Cemetery
Anderson with his wife, Eliza Bayard Anderson, and son, Robert Jr.Family
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Robert Anderson was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender, starting the war. Anderson was celebrated as a hero in the North and promoted to brigadier general and given command of Union forces in Kentucky. He was removed late in 1861 and reassigned to Rhode Island, before retiring from military service in 1863. In 1865, he returned to Fort Sumter to again raise the American flag that he had lowered during the 1861 surrender.
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