Papers. ca. 1860-1869.

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Papers. ca. 1860-1869.

Copies of letters including from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Anderson to Wm. H. Aspinwall, about rumored withdrawal of her husband's force from Fort Sumter; from Anderson, July 23, 1861, about the battle of Bull Run and his family; and on May 26, 1869, about administering a trust fund.

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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...