MILITARY PERSONNEL

William T. Anderson

1839 - 1864

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William T. Anderson (c. 1840 – October 26, 1864), known by the nickname "Bloody Bill" Anderson, was a soldier who was one of the deadliest and most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders in the American Civil War. Anderson led a band of volunteer partisan raiders who targeted Union loyalists and federal soldiers in the states of Missouri and Kansas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William T. Anderson has received more than 1,538,967 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William T. Anderson is the 1,878th most popular military personnel (down from 1,524th in 2019), the 8,331st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,997th in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 17

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  • 3.37

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William T. Anderson ranks 1,878 out of 2,058. Before him are Lyman Lemnitzer, Don Carlos Buell, Andrew Scott Waugh, Stanley A. McChrystal, Mariya Smirnova, and Alexander Patch. After him are Eugene Bullard, Oliver Leese, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Raymond T. Odierno, Robert L. Eichelberger, and John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, William T. Anderson ranks 85. Before him are Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Tage Reedtz-Thott, August W. Eichler, Nicolaas Pierson, Ignacio Andrade, and Almon Brown Strowger. After him are Casimiro de Abreu, Ivan Kuratov, John Aitken, Julius von Hann, Frances Willard, and Redvers Buller. Among people deceased in 1864, William T. Anderson ranks 68. Before him are Rudolf Wagner, Alexander Vostokov, José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, Jacques Jasmin, and John Clare. After him are Juris Alunāns, John Sedgwick, Leonidas Polk, Benjamin Silliman, William Smith O'Brien, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William T. Anderson ranks 8,331 out of 20,380. Before him are J. Searle Dawley (1877), Brian Littrell (1975), Bessie Barriscale (1884), Pepper Adams (1930), Corey Allen (1934), and Alexander Patch (1889). After him are William H. Welch (1850), Robert Brandom (1950), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Sidney Blackmer (1895), Richard Mulligan (1932), and Debra Hill (1950).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William T. Anderson ranks 139. Before him are Michael Mullen (1946), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), and Alexander Patch (1889). After him are Eugene Bullard (1895), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Chesty Puller (1898), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883).

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