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Robert Anderson

1805 - 1871

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Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender, starting the war. Anderson was celebrated as a hero in the North and promoted to brigadier general and given command of Union forces in Kentucky. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Anderson has received more than 59,411 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Anderson is the 1,779th most popular military personnel (down from 1,464th in 2019), the 6,608th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,912th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Anderson ranks 1,779 out of 2,058. Before him are Bazilio Olara-Okello, Paul von Plehwe, John Pope, Gustaf Dyrssen, Richard Bong, and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford. After him are Kanhoji Angre, Yekaterina Zelenko, Irvin McDowell, Hans von Rosen, Constantine Diogenes, and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Robert Anderson ranks 65. Before him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Hugo von Mohl, Josef Danhauser, Eugène Devéria, John O. Westwood, and José Ballivián. After him are Rudolf Wagner, Tomás Villalba, Tomás Frías, Alexander Burnes, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, and William Harrison Ainsworth. Among people deceased in 1871, Robert Anderson ranks 63. Before him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Jan Jacob Rochussen, Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, Paolo Savi, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, and Adolph Strecker. After him are Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Martín Carrera, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Arvid August Afzelius, Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona, and Thomas Ewing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 6,608 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Zack de la Rocha (1970), Chrissy Teigen (1985), Madison Grant (1865), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), and Tom Byron (1961). After him are Lindy Remigino (1931), Yokozuna (1966), Leo Sexton (1909), Irving Wallace (1916), George Baird (1907), and Carol Alt (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 112. Before him are Lewis Powell (1844), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), James Jesus Angleton (1917), John Pope (1822), and Richard Bong (1920). After him are Irvin McDowell (1818), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Peter Pace (1945), John F. Reynolds (1820), Richard S. Ewell (1817), and Richard Marcinko (1940).

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