Robert Anderson letters 1842-1861
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Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871
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Anderson was born at "Soldier's Retreat," the Anderson family estate near Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750–1826), served in the Continental Army as an aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolutionary War, and was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati; his mother, Sarah Marshall (1779–1854), was a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. He graduated from the United States Military Academy (Wes...
Workman, James H. (James Henry), 1843-approximately 1914
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Born in Rapides Parish to James Carey Workman, a physician who had relocated from Pennsylvania to Louisiana, and Martha Adelaide Cheney, a Louisiana native, James H. Workman and his elder brother John David Workman were separated when their mother died and James and his younger sister were sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be cared for by paternal relatives. John David Workman, who remained in Louisiana, enrolled at Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, interrupting his...
