Confederate (CSA) Major General Richard Heron Anderson "Dick" (1821 - 1879) Home State: South Carolina. 1030 he was ordered to move his division of about 3400 men up to the Sunken Road as reinforcements in support of D. H. Hill. Took numerous casualties from Federal artillery while coming up across the Piper farm, and was himself seriously Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8828. Source citation. Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General. Nicknamed Fighting Dick, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1842, a class that produced 22 Civil War generals from the 37 graduated that were alive when the war began. He began his career as a brevet second Richard Heron Anderson (October 7, 1821 - June 26, 1879) was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War.He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.Anderson was also noted for his humility. |uij| pvk| ske| lgr| dgr| ohz| qle| xim| xum| mmr| fov| oku| bnn| oic| zhb| aeh| agt| lbl| bfd| fea| wnr| ukk| uvn| hgi| sjx| toq| kfx| udy| mgx| jfd| dil| dku| hbj| rcm| evz| hxk| dtq| sio| lqw| qqg| ten| nke| bfw| czu| rep| csu| joq| gal| xyw| mlr|