ANDERSON, Joseph Reid

Affiliation:  Confederate

Born: February 16 1813, Botetourt Cty VA

Died: September 7 1892, Isles of Shoals NH

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1836, engineering duty, resigned 1837, Superintendent of Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond.

War Service: August 1861 Maj. of artillery, Brig. Gen. September 1861, commanded 3rd North Carolina Bde/A P Hill's Divn in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days (w), resigned commission July 1862, Supervisor of Tredegar Iron Works

Post War: President, Tredegar Iron Works