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Robert Anderson

1805 - 1871

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Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Anderson is the 488th most popular military personnel (up from 1,779th in 2019), the 1,695th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,607th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Anderson ranks 488 out of 2,058. Before him are Matthäus Hetzenauer, Charles Leclerc, Hugh Thompson Jr., Herbert Gille, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and Bronislav Kaminski. After him are Karl von Bülow, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Christian Wirth, Yoshiko Kawashima, Viktor Kulikov, and Xiahou Yuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Robert Anderson ranks 18. Before him are Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Marie d'Agoult, Khachatur Abovian, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Robert FitzRoy, and Adalbert Stifter. After him are Thomas Graham, George Müller, Ewelina Hańska, August Bournonville, Shirali Muslimov, and 9th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1871, Robert Anderson ranks 13. Before him are Michael Thonet, Louise of the Netherlands, Omar Pasha, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Anna Atkins, and Sigismond Thalberg. After him are Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Alexander Afanasyev, Wilhelm Weitling, Jarosław Dąbrowski, and Anselme Payen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 1,695 out of 20,380. Before him are Liz Cheney (1966), Chyna (1969), Sam Walton (1918), Kathleen Turner (1954), Jordan Belfort (1962), and Michael Connelly (1956). After him are J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Christina Onassis (1950), K. C. Jones (1932), Richard Thaler (1945), Pat Nixon (1912), and Marshall Rosenberg (1934).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 28. Before him are Matthew C. Perry (1794), John J. Pershing (1860), Mark Milley (1958), Albert Pike (1809), Carl Spaatz (1891), and Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943). After him are Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), William Westmoreland (1914), Creighton Abrams (1914), and Charles Sweeney (1919).

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