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General Richard H. Anderson's life as South Carolina hero
A detailed portrait traces Richard Heron Anderson from his Hill Crest birth in 1821 through a storied career in the U S Army and Confederate services. It recalls his frontier service, Mexican War gallantry, battles from Fort Sumter to Petersburg, his postwar Charleston years, and eventual death in 1879 alongside reflections on genealogical record preservation in South Carolina.
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Richard Heron Anderson
Richard Anderson
Washington
Lee
Lincoln
Grant
Maryland, Line
Richard, Heron Anderson
Hill Crest
Sumter County
Suth Carolina
Old Dick
Richard
United States Military Academy
Joel. R. Poinsett
Ulysses S. Grant
Sherman
Thomas
Beauregard
McDowell
Bragg
Hardee
San Augustine
South Carolina
Vera Cruz
Cherubsco
Molino del Rey
Mexico
Calhoun
Cavalry School
Mars
Venus
Sarah
Penn
John B. Gibson
Anderson
Kansas
United States Army
Hégiment Te
Fort Sumter
Pensacola Fla
Santa Rosa Island
Cragg
Fort. Pickens
Virginia
Pensacola
McClelland
Capitol
Army of
Northern Virginia
Appomatox
Battle of Seven Pines
Fraysers Far
Malvern Hill
Maryland
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Pennsylvania
Petersburg
Cold Harbor
Seige
Richard Heron
Robt. E. Lee
South
Charleston
Martha Mellette
Beaufort
R. H. Anderson
New Hampshire
New England
Historical Commission
A. S. Salley, Jr
Columbia