George Burgwyn Anderson | |
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Born | Orange County, North Carolina | April 12, 1831
Died | October 17, 1862 Raleigh, North Carolina | (aged 31)
Place of burial | Historic Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh, North Carolina |
Allegiance | United States of America Confederate States of America |
Service | United States Army *Cavalry Confederate States Army *Infantry |
Years of service | 1852–1861 (USA) 1861–1862 (CSA) |
Rank | First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
Battles / wars | Utah War |
George Burgwyn Anderson (April 12, 1831 – October 17, 1862) was a Confederate military officer, serving first in the antebellum U.S. Army and then dying from wounds inflicted during the American Civil War while a general officer in the Confederate Army. He was among six generals killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862.
Anderson owned an unknown number of slaves.[1]