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Charles D. Anderson

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After the war ended, Anderson remained in Macon, where he operated a cotton warehouse as well as a running a farm supply business, and he was pardoned by the U.S. Government on September 25, 1865. When both adventures failed he returned to Fort Valley, Georgia, where he was the tax collector of
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on November 22, where "Leading his brigade, Anderson had his clothes riddled with bullets and his horse was shot out from under him; his coolness and precision in that unfortunate battle were marked." Anderson was indeed wounded in this fight.
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and was seriously wounded on May 3. He was hit in his shoulder, his abdomen, as well as his left hand, losing a finger in the process. On May 15 Anderson was promoted to
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Anderson's command was only lightly engaged. When Atlanta fell the militia forces were detached from the Army of Tennessee and served during
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When the American Civil War began in 1861, Anderson chose to follow his home state of
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planter, businessman, legislator, and soldier. He served as an officer in the
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forces, and exchanged later that year. Upon release Anderson was promoted to
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officer, and of Annie Coker. Charles Anderson made his home in
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on September 17. In the fight he was wounded and captured by
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Anderson and his force was part of the garrison defending
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that winter. He was part of the Confederate attack in the
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in late June, and served throughout the remainder of the
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For the Confederate soldier with a similar name, see
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Charles DeWitt Anderson

DeKalb County, Georgia
Fort Valley, Georgia
Confederate States of America
Confederate States Army



6th Georgia Infantry
American Civil War
American
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
Georgia
Stone Mountain
DeKalb County, Georgia
American Revolution
Fort Valley
Houston County
enslaver
Fort Valley, Georgia
Georgia
captain
6th Georgia Infantry
regiment
Alabama
Maryland Campaign
Battle of Antietam
Union

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