ANDERSON, Samuel Read

Affiliation:  Confederate

Born: February 17 1804, Bedford Cty VA

Died: January 2 1883, Nashville TN

Pre-War Profession: Mexican War, bank cashier, postmaster

War Service:  May 1861 Maj. Gen. of Tennessee State Troops, July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Provisional Army, Western Virginia campaign, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Peninsula campaign, 1862 resigned due to ill health, November 1864 reappointed Brig. Gen., in charge of the Bureau of Conscription for Tennessee

Post War:  Businessman