George T. Anderson

George Thomas Anderson
George Thomas Anderson
Nickname	"Tige"
Allegiance	United States of America; Confederate States of America
Years of service	1861–65
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Yorktown; Seven Days Battles; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of South Mountain; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Gettysburg; Siege of Knoxville; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg;

George Thomas Anderson (February 3, 1824 – April 4, 1901) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E. Lee's hardest-fighting subordinates. He was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.^[1]

After the war he worked as a policeman and a tax collector. He is buried in the Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Alabama.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Col George Thomas Anderson". antietam.aotw.org. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

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