Samuel Read Anderson | |
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 Gen. Samuel R. Anderson | |
| Born | February 17, 1804 Bedford County, Virginia |
| Died | January 2, 1883 (aged 78) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Service |  United States Army Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1846–1847 (USA) 1861–1862, 1864–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Colonel (USV)Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Unit | 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry |
| Commands | Anderson's Brigade, Military District of Northern Virginia |
| Battles / wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
| Other work | Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee |
Samuel Read Anderson (February 17, 1804 – January 2, 1883) was an American businessman and military officer in the Mexican-American War. 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.[1]
- ^ Welsh, p. 9.