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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 1,428,197 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William T. Anderson is the 1,527th most popular military personnel (down from 1,322nd in 2019), the 7,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,841st in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

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  • 3.39

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William T. Anderson ranks 1,527 out of 1,468. Before him are Fernand de Langle de Cary, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Alime Abdenanova, Eugene Bullard, and Aurélio de Lira Tavares. After him are Márcio Melo, Martin Dempsey, Reginald Wingate, Robert L. Eichelberger, Dudley Pound, and James Joseph Dresnok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, William T. Anderson ranks 73. Before him are Jakob Hurt, Nicolás de Piérola, Carl Humann, Ludwig Mond, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, and Tage Reedtz-Thott. After him are John Aitken, Karl Alfred von Zittel, James Crafts, August W. Eichler, Nicolaas Pierson, and Ignacio Andrade. Among people deceased in 1864, William T. Anderson ranks 58. Before him are Gonçalves Dias, Gaetano Bedini, Walter Savage Landor, Nana Asmaʼu, Anna Harrison, and Heinrich Rose. After him are Alexander Vostokov, Roger B. Taney, Jacques Jasmin, José Justo Corro, Juris Alunāns, and John Clare.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William T. Anderson ranks 7,011 out of 18,182. Before him are Joseph Bologna (1934), Jason Kidd (1973), Walter Block (1941), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Ken Olsen (1926), and Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923). After him are Joseph Engelberger (1925), Maury Chaykin (1949), Skeeter Davis (1931), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Charles Reidpath (1889), and Solomon W. Golomb (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William T. Anderson ranks 119. Before him are John Pope (1822), Mickey Marcus (1901), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Peter Pace (1945), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), and Eugene Bullard (1895). After him are Martin Dempsey (1952), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), and George Crook (1828).

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