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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Richard H. Anderson

1821 - 1879

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard H. Anderson has received more than 154,755 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard H. Anderson is the 1,616th most popular military personnel, the 9,952nd most popular biography from United States and the 156th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 15

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Richard H. Anderson ranks 1,616 out of 1,468Before him are Juan de Salcedo, Alif Hajiyev, Salman Raduyev, Leonidas Polk, John Buford, and Andy McNab. After him are Earl Van Dorn, Frederick E. Morgan, Sterling Price, Redvers Buller, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and George Rogers Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Richard H. Anderson ranks 86Before him are Jan van Beers, Juan Bautista Topete, Robert O'Hara Burke, Amalie Dietrich, Charles Tupper, and Daniel Harvey Hill. After him is Robert S. Duncanson. Among people deceased in 1879, Richard H. Anderson ranks 62Before him are Henry Charles Carey, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Juan Antonio Pezet, Emma Smith, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and George Caleb Bingham. After him are Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, John Adams Dix, Caleb Cushing, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Zachariah Chandler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard H. Anderson ranks 9,952 out of 18,182Before him are James Algar (1912), Carlos Alazraqui (1962), Phyllis Somerville (1943), Daniel Akaka (1924), David Jenkins (1936), and Jam Master Jay (1965). After him are Margaret Chase Smith (1897), Jimmy Witherspoon (1920), Lucinda Williams (1937), Ruth Hussey (1911), Maria Pitillo (1965), and Wallace Stegner (1909).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Richard H. Anderson ranks 156Before him are Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), William J. Hardee (1815), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), George Henry Thomas (1816), Leonidas Polk (1806), and John Buford (1826). After him are Earl Van Dorn (1820), Sterling Price (1809), George Rogers Clark (1752), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), John O'Connor (1920), and John Sullivan (1740).