Anderson, Robert
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Anderson, Robert (1805–71) Union army officer and hero of Fort Sumter, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. A slaveholder who was nonetheless devoted to the idea of the Union, Anderson was assigned to command three forts in Charleston, South Carolina in 1860. After succession, having moved from the less defensible
Fort Moultrie to
Fort Sumter, he refused Confederate Gen.
P.G.T. Beauregard's demand for surrender and held the fort for two days under bombardment, finally surrendering on April 14, 1861, with full honors of war. He returned to Fort Sumter on April 14, 1865, to raise the flag he had lowered there four years earlier.
Robert Anderson was said to have sworn in
Abraham Lincoln, who saw brief service during the
Black Hawk War (1832).
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GOV. RICHARDSON LOWERS FLAGS IN MEMORY OF ROBERT ANDERSON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...at half-staff in memory of Robert O. Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a well...on Tuesday, December 11th. Robert Anderson was born in Chicago on April...environmentalist. In honor of Robert O. Anderson, Governor Richardson signed...
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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Furniture maker killed while mountain biking [Corrected 08/28/09] ; Robert Anderson of Long Island hit his head after going over the handlebars, a Pennsylvania official says.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 8/25/2009; ; 681 words
; ...while mountain biking [Corrected 08/28/09] ; Robert Anderson of Long Island hit his head after going over the...active and very engaged with the people." David Anderson Robert Anderson's brother Correction: CORRECTION published Friday...
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Robert Anderson elected to the board of directors of The Timken Co.
PR Newswire; 12/21/1988; 700+ words
; ROBERT ANDERSON ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS...Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), Robert Anderson was elected a director. Anderson...School of Engineering. In 1977, Anderson accepted the presitigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for Rockwell...
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ROBERT ANDERSON SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...following information about Robert James Anderson, who is scheduled for execution...July 20, 2006. In 1993, Anderson was sentenced to death for the...Reeves went outside to play. Robert James Anderson abducted Reeves as she was passing...
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GOV. RICHARDSON TO LOWER FLAGS IN MEMORY OF ROBERT ANDERSON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/3/2007; 579 words
; ...in Roswell on Sunday evening. Robert Anderson was a well known petroleum executive...environmentalist, diplomat and rancher. "Robert Anderson was an outstanding New Mexican...petroleum industry and New Mexico." Robert Anderson was born in Chicago on April...
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Robert Anderson, Former Rockwell International Chairman, Dies at 85.(Obituary)
Business Wire; 10/31/2006; 700+ words
; LOS ANGELES -- Robert Anderson, Chairman Emeritus of Rockwell International...chairmanship in June 1989. Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Diane, and two children, Dr. Robert Anderson, Jr. of Blaine, WA, and Kathleen...
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Robert Anderson III, 44, of Lancaster
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 6/14/2004; 390 words
; Robert A. "Bob" Anderson III, 44, of 418 S. Duke...Lancaster, he was the son of Robert Jr. and Roberta Anderson, both of Lancaster. He...stepmothers are a son, Robert IV, married to Lizette Anderson of Lancaster; two grandchildren...
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Robert Anderson, 76, `Bing Crosby of Gospel'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/21/1995; 527 words
; Services for Robert Anderson, 76, a nationally known gospel singer and member...was known as "The Bing Crosby of Gospel." Mr. Anderson later formed his own group, the Robert Anderson Singers. Albertina Walker, the Queen of Gospel...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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ROBERT ANDERSON, MINISTER.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 1/16/2001; 559 words
; Part of Robert L. Anderson's ministry involved visiting...said Mr. Anderson's son, Robert Fletcher Anderson of Cynthiana. ''He didn't...turned his back on anybody,'' Robert F. Anderson said. ''He was soft-spoken...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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ROBERT ANDERSON: RETIRED POST-DISPATCH PRESSMAN.(News)(Obituary\Robert Anderson)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 11/3/2001; 501 words
; Robert Thomas Anderson, a retired Post-Dispatch employee...Fenton. A native of St. Louis, Mr. Anderson served in the Army for more than two...in Okinawa. After the service, Mr. Anderson returned to his job at a packing company...
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Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman The American economist and editor Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1861-1939) was known as editor in chief of the Encyclopaedia...
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Robert Anderson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Anderson 1805-71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter , b. near...C., where he distinguished himself in the Fort Sumter controversy. Anderson, made a brigadier general in the regular army (May, 1861), commanded...
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Anderson, Robert
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Anderson, Robert (1805–71) Union army officer...nonetheless devoted to the idea of the Union, Anderson was assigned to command three forts...had lowered there four years earlier. Robert Anderson was said to have sworn in Abraham Lincoln...
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Anderson, Robert (Woodruff)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Anderson, Robert [Woodruff] (b. 1917), playwright...to approach the topic of homophobia. Anderson's other long run was his bill of one...his early promise was never realized. Anderson also wrote many scripts for radio and...
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Anderson, Robert Woodruff
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Anderson, Robert Woodruff (1917– ), American dramatist, whose...about a middle-aged man's fraught relationship with his father. Anderson's plays, though they sometimes verge on sentimentality, deal compassionately...
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