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SGT Robert Garland Anderson

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SGT Robert Garland Anderson Veteran

Birth
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jul 1862 (aged 24)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 10, Lot 118, Stone 184
Memorial ID
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Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Cavalry, Aquia District, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Caroline County, VA.; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 5/6/1861 at Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry, as 2nd Sergeant.
Reenlisted 2/1/1862 for 2 years' service; due $50 Renlistment Bounty.
On rolls 3/31/1862; no further record.

The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Company B "Caroline Light Dragoons" of Caroline County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Cavalry, Aquia District, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Caroline County, VA.; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 5/6/1861 at Bowling Green, Caroline County, VA., he was mustered into Company B, 9th Virginia Cavalry, as 2nd Sergeant.
Reenlisted 2/1/1862 for 2 years' service; due $50 Renlistment Bounty.
On rolls 3/31/1862; no further record.

The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.

Bio by: BigFrench



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  • Maintained by: BigFrench
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Aug 28, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6727626/robert_garland-anderson: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Robert Garland Anderson (13 Aug 1837–12 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6727626, citing Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).