Samuel Read Anderson
| Samuel Read Anderson | |
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Gen. Samuel R. Anderson
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| Born |
February 17, 1804 Bedford County, Virginia |
| Died | January 2, 1883 (aged 78) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Place of burial | Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1846–1847 (USA) 1861–1862, 1864–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel (USV) Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Unit | 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry |
| Commands held | Anderson's Brigade, Military District of Northern Virginia |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee |
Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Samuel Read Anderson (February 17, 1804 – January 2, 1883) was an American businessman and military officer in two wars. He was the Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1853 until 1861 and then was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded a mixed brigade of infantry and cavalry in the Eastern Theater in Virginia until the spring of 1862 when he was forced to resign because of ill health. Anderson later supervised the Confederate military draft in Tennessee until the end of the war.
Samuel R. Anderson was born in Bedford County, Virginia to Robert Anderson, formerly an officer in the American Revolution. His family moved westward, first to the Kentucky frontier and then to Tennessee where he was educated and raised. By the mid-1840s he had married and become a successful businessman and one of the leading citizens of Davidson County, Tennessee.
During the Mexican War, he helped recruit volunteers from the state to serve in the Federal army. He received a commission as the Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment and served with that unit in Mexico.
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