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	Robert Anderson
		Robert Anderson was born on 14 June 1805 near Louisville, Kentucky into a slave-holding family steeped in American military tradition.
		Anderson was promoted to B.G. USA on 15 May 1861 and took command of the Dept. of Ky. on 28 May 1861.
		Anderson retired from the army due to disabilities on 27 Oct. 18 63 and was brevetted Maj. Gen.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~clawson/robertanderson.html (1388 words)

	The American Revolution Round Table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the 1779 siege of Savannah, Anderson led a charge on an enemy redoubt and was badly wounded by a blow from a British officer's sword which knocked him off the parapet.
		Anderson was still convalescing in a Charleston hospital when the city surrendered to the British in 1780.
		A later descendant, Larz Anderson, built the palatial mansion in Washington DC that serves as the national headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati.
	samson.kean.edu /~leew/arrt/heroes/rc-anderson.html (498 words)

	Robert Anderson
		Major Robert Anderson reports Fort Sumter is being threatened in Charleston as federal forces begin to improved Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in the harbor.
		Anderson arranges a surrender with Texas Senator Louis Wigfall on the morning of the 13th.
		Robert Anderson assumes command of the Department of Kentucky.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Robert_Anderson (251 words)

	Robert Anderson (1805-1871)
		Robert Anderson was born on June 14, 1805 near Louisville, Kentucky into a slave-holding family steeped in American military tradition.
		Anderson, after graduating from West Point, served briefly as his brother's private secretary when he was minister to Colombia.
		Anderson retired from the army due to disabilities on October 27, 1863, and was breveted Maj. Gen.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/anderson.html (1658 words)

	Major Robert Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war.
		Anderson then went on a highly successful recruiting tour of the North before taking a leave of absence because of to ill health.
		Days after Robert E. Lee's surrender and the effective conclusion of the war, Anderson returned to Charleston in the uniform of a brevet major general (ranking as of February 3, 1865) and, four after lowering the 33-star flag in surrender, raised it in triumph over the recaptured but badly battered Fort Sumter during ceremonies there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Major_Robert_Anderson (533 words)

	Across Five Aprils: People: Robert Anderson
		Seriously injured in the Mexican War, Anderson served on a number of military boards and commissions before being appointed to command the defenses at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina on November 15, 1860.
		Following the secession of South Carolina, Anderson took it upon himself to move his two-company garrison from the indefensible Fort Moultrie to still unfinished Fort Sumter, in the middle of the Charleston harbor.
		His health failing, having never fully recovered from wounds sustained during the Mexican War, Anderson was relieved of field command, and assigned to various duties in the North before being retired from the regular army on October 27, 1863.
	www.kenanderson.net /educate/html/anderson2.html (296 words)

	Robert Anderson
		Anderson was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and served as commander of the Department of Kentucky (28th May to 15th August, 1861) and Department of Cumberland (15th August, 1861 to 8th October, 1861).
		Anderson, who had never fully recovered fully from the wounds he received in the Mexican War was forced to retire from the United States Army on 27th October, 1863.
		Major General Anderson was invited to return to Fort Sumter when it officially returned to federal control on 14th April, 1865.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWanderson.htm (284 words)

	Civil War > Sumter Falls
		When major Anderson received it he refused it, however he stated to the Confederate representatives, that if they had only waited another few day the fort would be forced to surrender, as it would be without food.
		Anderson answered that they would surrender by the 15th, but with an important proviso, that only if the fort was not resupplied.
		Anderson's counter fire was limited by the his lack of munitions and by his limited number of soldiers.
	www.multied.com /CivilWar/Sumter.html (863 words)

	The Anderson Family
		A pro-slavery Kentuckian but absolutely loyal to the Union, Robert Anderson was considered an ideal choice for commander in Charleston Harbor during the 1860 secession crisis.
		Commander of the handful in blue was Major Robert Anderson, whose father-in-law was a Governor of Georgia.
		Anderson had been so adept as an artillery pupil in his days at West Point that his instructor had broken tradition to keep him as an assistant.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/anderson/anderson.htm (737 words)

	Story2.htm
		Major Anderson sent a letter to Washington, asking the new Lincoln administration to either send a relief expedition, or else grant permission to surrender Fort Sumter to the Confederates.
		Major Anderson instructed everyone to stay in bed until reveille was sounded at the usual hour the next morning.
		As a reward for his service at Fort Sumter, Major Anderson was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the regular army; but he retired from regular service, saying that his nervous system had been undermined by the strain of events at Charleston.
	www.oldnewspublishing.com /story2.htm (4555 words)

	Fort Sumter
		The aging Gardiner, from Massachusetts, would be relieved shortly and replaced with Major Robert Anderson from Kentucky.
		Anderson, who had been ordered to communicate only with the Secretary of War Floyd or his adjutant-general, was worried because of Floyd's pro-secession stance.
		Anderson decided to capitulate, but when Beauregard's men appeared moments later and told the major that Wigfall did not have the authority to negotiate a treaty, he sat down with them and ended the fighting.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Fort_Sumter (1778 words)

	Robert Anderson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A southerner by birth, Robert Anderson was born near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1805.
		His brother, Richard, was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat, and Anderson, after graduating from West Point in 1825, briefly served as his brother's private secretary when he was minister to Colombia.
		Southerners thought Anderson would be sympathetic to their demands that the forts be turned over to the South.
	www.tulane.edu /~latner/Anderson.html (464 words)

	CSATX1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Major Anderson was the Commander of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island which guarded the northern approach to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
		Feeling pressure from the Confederates, Major Anderson on December 26, 1860 moved his troops to a more defensible position that was being built on an artificial island made of refuse granite in the harbor itself.
		Anderson's report stated he was in need of resupply and that the Confederates were building batteries surrounding him.
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/CSATX1.htm (2034 words)

	Anderson home
		Anderson retired from the army due to disabilities on 27 Oct. 18 63 and was breveted Maj. Gen.
		General Anderson was reported to be in great peril, and Louisville threatened with attack by a large force under Buckner, approaching by Muldraugh's Hill, near the point of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, where the railroad crosses the Salt River; also by turnpike road leading to the mouth of Salt River and thence to Louisville.
		Resolved, That General Robert Anderson, a native Kentuckian, who has been appointed to the command of the Department of Cumberland, be requested to take instant command, with authority and power from this Commonwealth to call out a volunteer force in Kentucky for the purpose of repelling the invaders from our soil.
	www.aotc.net /Anderson_home.htm (16901 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| America's Civil War \| America's Civil War: Union's Mission to Relieve Fort Sumter
		Anderson knew that if he were going to make the move he needed to do it soon.
		The withdrawal forced Anderson, as he later wrote to Washington, "to sacrifice the greater part of my stores as it is now too late to attempt their removal." The stage was set for a confrontation at Fort Sumter that no one wanted.
		Anderson had ordered the guns to be manned but had not authorized them to fire on Fort Moultrie.
	www.historynet.com /acw/blfortsumter (1258 words)

	Major Eastern battles
		Major Robert Anderson, commander of all forts in the harbor decide to move his troops to Fort Sumter.
		No one was killed in the fighting but Major Anderson and his troops surrendered due to little hope of supplies or reenforcements reaching them.
		On the left side was the III Corps under the command of Major General Daniel Sickles.
	www.personal.psu.edu /students/j/a/jaa192/battles.html (4268 words)

	Robert Anderson - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A major character star of the silent era, brawny Robert Anderson (born Andersen) hailed from Delaware and not Odense, Denmark, as his official bios...
		A pro-slavery Kentuckian but absolutely loyal to the Union, Robert Anderson was considered an ideal choice for commander in Charleston Harbor during the...
		Robert Anderson was born on 14 June 1805 near Louisville, Kentucky into a slave-holding...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/robert-anderson/1477/main (124 words)

	Robert Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Anderson (sailor) (born 1841), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient.
		Major Robert Anderson (1805–1871), commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War.
		Sir Robert Anderson (1841–1918), lawyer, British intelligence officer and London CID chief, in charge during the Jack the Ripper murders, knighted in 1901.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Anderson (198 words)

	ftsumter
		The fort’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, came from Kentucky, a slave state, and President Lincoln was suspicious of his loyalty.
		But Major Anderson was, in fact, unwilling to surrender the fort.
		Major Anderson informed the governor that he would have to evacuate the fort by noon on April 15, 1861, if he did not receive supplies.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /do_history/decisions/ftsumter.html (465 words)

	Fort Sumter
		Major Robert Anderson refused to surrender, but added that he would soon be forced to dFort Sumter 1861 At Fort Sumter, surrender of the federal garrison was demanded by South Carolina Authorities.
		Major Robert Anderson refused to surrender, but added that he would soon be forced to dFort Sumter, surrender of the federal garrison was demanded by South Carolina Authorities.
		Major Robert Anderson refused to surrender, but added that he would soon be forced to do so if...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h98.html (615 words)

	Fort Sumter
		As Anderson knew and had advised General Winfield Scott in Washington (and Beauregard), it was only a matter of days until Sumter would be starved into submission.
		December 11, Major Anderson, having recently arrived to take command at Fort Moultrie, is authorized to move the garrison to Sumter if necessary for defensive purposes.
		December 26, recognizing the vulnerability of Moultrie to an assault from land, Anderson moves to Sumter in the middle of the night.
	www.vw.vccs.edu /vwhansd/HIS269/Exhibits/Sumter.html (1570 words)

	Abraham Lincoln, Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Major Robert Anderson, the commander of the small United States force at Sumter, wrote that his food supplies were low.
		Major Anderson and his men at Sumter, he said, could not wait that long.
		Anderson told Fox that the last of the food would be gone on April fifteenth.
	www.voanews.com /specialenglish/Archive/a-2005-01-12-1-1.cfm (1375 words)

	Fort Sumter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Anderson continued to hope for a peaceful outcome to the tense situation.
		Anderson refused, but said he would be starved out in a few days anyway.
		Anderson carefully considered his reply and said that he would leave by noon, April 15, unless before that time he should receive either instructions from Washington or additional supplies.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/BattleView.cfm?BID=18 (1130 words)

	Across Five Aprils: Chapter 2: Geography
		Upon its secession from the Union, South Carolina sent commissioners to Washington to ask for the surrender of Fort Sumter, garrisoned by a small force under the command of Major Robert Anderson.
		President Buchanan, although fearful of provoking a clash, nevertheless refused to yield the fort and, in January of 1861, he decided to reinforce it.
		Major Anderson, short on supplies, was on the verge of having to evacuate the fort.
	www.kenanderson.net /educate/html/geography2.html (681 words)

	South Carolina American Civil War Battle Fort Sumter
		As my aides were about leaving Major Anderson remarked that if we did not batter him to pieces he would be starved out in a few days, or words to that effect.
		If Major Anderson will state the time at which, as indicated by him, he will evacuate, and agree that in the mean time he will not use his guns against us unless ours should be employed against Fort Sumter, you are authorized thus to avoid effusion of blood.
		The arrangements being completed Major Anderson embarked with his command on the transport prepared to convey him to the United States fleet lying outside the bar, and our troops immediately garrisoned the fort, and before sunset the flag of the Confederate States floated over the ramparts of Fort Sumter.
	americancivilwar.com /statepic/sc/sc001.html (2072 words)

	Camp Anderson, 1861 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Members of the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, local soldiers' aid volunteers, and artillerymen conducted training and drills in the manual of arms, and on three artillery pieces, including the "King of Battle", a reproduction of a six-pound rifled artillery piece.
		Major Robert Anderson, who commanded the installation, told the newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln in early March that he would only have supplies for about a month.
		Camp Anderson was a camp of "muster and instruction" where volunteers gathered to form companies and regiments.
	www.historicalparks.org /WalkPark/CampAnderson.htm (851 words)

	March 5, 1861 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the morning after the inaugural festivities, Lincoln went to his office and found a report from Major Robert Anderson, written on February 28, which had reached Washington on Inauguration Day.
		Anderson reported that he had made an examination of his provisions and found that his supplies would be exhausted in about four to six weeks.
		Equally disconcerting, Anderson reported that he and his staff agreed that it would take a considerable land and naval force to relieve and reinforce the fort.
	www.tulane.edu /~latner/InitialProb/Mar5.html (250 words)

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