Robert Anderson - Military

Military

  • Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War) (1741–1813), Revolutionary general and Lt. Governor of South Carolina
  • Robert Anderson (Civil War) (1805–1871), Union commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War
  • Robert Houston Anderson (1835–1888), Confederate officer (brigadier general) in the American Civil War
  • Robert Anderson (Medal of Honor) (1843–1900), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Robert Anderson (general) (1865–1940), Australian World War I brigadier general
  • Robert Anderson (World War II) (1918–1993), Navy Cross recipient

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