Father - William Wallace Anderson, Sr. (1789-1864)
Mother: Mary Jane MacKensie (1788-1832)
02/27/1832 - Mother, Mary Jane, died
1849 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: SC; thesis: "Pneumonia")
06/29/1849 - Entered service as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army
12/27/1855 - Married, Mary Virginia Childs (1833-1912), New Hanover Co., NC
02/16/1861 - Gov. Pickens of South Carolina recommended that W. W. Anderson, Surgeon, U. S. Army, be provided for by the Government of the C.S.A.
03/23/1861 - In a letter to Hon. L. P. Walker, [Confederate Army] Secretary of War, F. L. Childs, Charleston, SC, wrote, "Sir, I have the honor to request that you will enter the name of W. W. Anderson of S.C. in the list of officers who desire appointments in the permanent Army of the Confederacy. He will receive his commission in the C.S.A. as soon as he returns from Texas and would have done so before this time but from a conviction that his duty to the people on the frontier required him to abstain from adding as far as his influence went, to the panic which was anticipated there. When I heard from him he was still at Fort Chadbourne waiting transportation to the coast. Capt. R. H. Anderson, 2d Dragoons, has resigned his commission in the U.S.A. & I presume his name is on the list. He has been appointed Colonel by Gov. Pickens but is detained at Fort Kearny by the sickness of his wife. He is expected next week at his home in this state. Most Respy, Your Obt. Svt., F. L. Childs, Army C.S.A"
04/01/1861 - In a letter to President of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis, Mrs. W. W. Anderson wrote from Wilmington, NC, "Sir, I desire to lay before you the fact that my husband Dr. W. W. Anderson of South Carolina intends resigning his commission in the Federal Army as soon as practicable when he will offer his services to the Confederate States. At present he is deterred from this step by motives of honor and humanity. Serving with that portion of the Federal troops stationed in Ft. Chadbourne [between Abilene and San Angelo, TX], and detained there from the want of transportation he feels bound to remain with them until he sees them in reach of other medical attention. Not knowing how long their state of things may continue, in justice to Dr. Anderson, and as his wife, I feel authorized to make this statement. Very Respectfully, M V Anderson"
04/20/1861 - Resigned, U.S. Army
00/00/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
05/24/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Regular Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 03/16/1861
05/24/1861 - Ordered to report to Wilmington, NC
06/05/1861 - Accepted appointment as Surgeon, Regular Army of the Confederate States
06/05/1861 - "The following assignments to duty of medical officers are made and they will report accordingly: …Surgeon William M. [sic - William W.] Anderson,
Harper's Ferry, Va.;…." As Surgeon, assigned to duty at Harper's Ferry, VA [S.O. 64/2]
06/30/1861 - Stationed, Winchester, VA
08/09/1861 - Stationed, Winchester, VA
09/00/1861 - Served as a Medical Purveyor, Manassas Junction, VA
10/00/1861 - Served as a Medical Purveyor, Manassas Junction, VA
10/12/1861 - "On being relieved, to report to the Medical Director for assignment to duty as Surg. in Charge of the Moore Hospital near Manassas" [Medical Director's Office, Manassas Junction, Virginia]
10/15/1861 - As Surgeon, relieved as Medical Purveyor , Manassas, VA, and ordered to report to Dr. T. H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac [S.O. 427 Army of the Potomac]
10/16/1861 - Surgeon-in-charge, Moore Hospital, Manassas Junction, VA
11/00/1861 - Surgeon-in-charge, Moore Hospital, Manassas Junction, VA
11/29/1861 - Confirmed as Surgeon from SC by the Confederate States Senate
11/30/1861 - "Four privates carefully selected for the purpose will be detailed as Hospital Nurses from each of the two Divisions of this Army Corps to report to Surgeon W. W. Anderson at the Hospital near Manassas. By command of Gen. Beauregard, Headquarters, 1st Corps, A of P, near Centreville [VA]" [S.O. 513/2 1st Corps, AofP, Gen. Beauregard]
12/01/1861 - Received from the C.S. A. Quartermaster's Dept., fourteen Box Stoves and two hundred twenty seven [feet] 1/2 lb. Rope for Moore Hospital, Manassas, VA
12/13/1861 - Surgeon-in-charge, Moore Hospital, Manassas Junction, VA
12/13/1861 - Confirmed as a Surgeon from SC by the Confederate States Senate
12/14/1861 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson C.S.A. is relieved from duty with the Army of Northern Virginia, and will proceed to make an inspection of the Camps, Hospitals, Purveyors' and Medical Director's Departments of the Command of General. A. S. Johnston. He will report to the Surgeon General for special instructions" [S.O. 266/15]
12/17/1861 - Assigned to the duty of receiving and sending away the sick of the Army of the Potomac by order of the Genl. Commanding-in-Chief
11/08/1862 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson is assigned to duty as inspector of the camps and hospitals in Lieutenant-General Pemberton's command, and will report accordingly to Lieutenant-General John C. Pemberton, at Jackson, Miss." [S.O. 262/17]
12/28/1862 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson, C.S.A., having reported at these Headquarters, in compliance with paragraph XVII, Special Order, No. 262, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Va., is hereby assigned to duty as Inspector of Camps and Hospitals of this Department, he will be obeyed and respected accordingly. Surgeon Anderson will, in addition to his duties as Inspector, visit the several Medical Boards of Examiners and direct the officers composing said Boards to be exceedingly cautious in the execution of the very important duties to which they have been assigned, as many of the Boards referred to have already very much exceeded the authority delegated to them. By Order of Jackson, Mississippi" [G.O. 20 Dept. of Mississippi & E. Louisiana - Gen. Pemberton]
01/01/1863 - Medical Director, Department of Mississippi & E. Louisiana
02/28/1863 - Medical Director, Department of Mississippi & E. Louisiana
03/21/1863 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson will report to Lieutenant-General J. C. Pemberton, commanding, &c., at Jackson, Miss., as medical director of general hospitals in his command." [S.O. 70/7]
04/01/1863 - In addition to duties as Medical Director of Gen. Hospitals, assigned as Medical Director of the Dept. of Mississippi & E. Louisiana [S.O. 57 Dept. of Mississippi & E. Louisiana - Gen. Pemberton]
04/17/1863 - Medical Director, Jackson, MS
05/07/1863 - In a letter written from the Medical Directors Office, Jackson, Mississippi to Major R . W. Memminger, A.A.G, "Maj., I send some papers and request for a number of assignments of Med Officers to duty by Hospital Steward J. G. Hall, whose assignment to the 27th Ala Regt has been applied for, and I think sent to you several days ago. I send Hosp Steward Hall under the impression that he will receive his orders more speedily than by awaiting them here and some of the assignments have been requested to be made with as little delay as possible and the application for them will reach you more speedily by hand than by mail. Asst. Surgn. [Nathan Blunt] Kennedy writes that he is the only Med Officer with the 27th Ala Regt, health bad, and has to do the duties of druggist or Steward himself. Very respectfully, Your obt. Servt. W.W. Anderson, Surgn. C.S.A., Med. Director"
05/08/1863 - In a letter written from the Medical Directors Office, Jackson, Mississippi to Maj R.W. Memminger, A.A.G, "Maj., Please make the following assignments etc.
1. Asst. Surgn. Benjamin Gillespie to be relieved from duty with 2nd Regt Texas Vol and to report to Genl. Braxton Bragg pursuant to S.O. No. 69 Hd Qrs Depart of the West.
2. Surgeon John A. Love, P.A.C.S. to report to Maj Genl. Stephenson.
3. Asst. Surgn. Charles A. Jordan [?Charles H. Jordan] to report to Maj Genl. Stephenson, or be assigned to 2d Regt Texas Vol in place of Asst Surgn B. Gillespie
4. Surgeon Thomas T. Beall to be assigned to duty with 22nd Regt La Heavy Arty.
The above Med Officers are all at Vicksburg.
5. Surgeon Daniel F. Wright to be relieved from duty at Genl. Hospl. at Canton and to report to Maj Genl M[artin] L[uther] Smith as Chief Surgeon of Division.
6. Surgn J. W. C. Smith to be relieved from duty at Durant (Genl. Hospl) and to take charge of Hospital at Canton. Genl Smith is anxious to have Dr. Wright's services as Chief Surgn. as speedily as possible.
7. Asst. Surgn. H. R. Branham to be relieved from duty at City Hospital, Vicksburg and to report to Surgn. in charge of Genl. Hospl. at Enterprise, Miss.
8. Asst. Surgn. William Donnan to report to Surgeon in charge of Genl. Hospital at Enterprise.
9. Asst. Surgn. Edward B. Perrin to be relieved from duty at Hospital No 2 Vicksburg and to report to Surgn. in charge of Genl. Hospital at Lauderdale Springs [Mississippi]
W. W. Anderson Surgn. C. S. A. Medical Director
05/09/1863 - In a letter written from the Medical Directors Office, Jackson, Mississippi to Major R . W. Memminger, A.A.G, Vicksburg, MS, "Sir, In the imminent prospect of a severe battle I have the honor to recommend that a large a number of Hospital tents as possible be held in readiness at Vicksburg, or whatever safe place of storage may be directed for the purpose of being used for the the battle field as circumstances will permit. In transporting cases in which the injuries are severe, and especially where bones are fractured, much suffering is inflicted on the wounded and the prostration greatly increased, thereby largely diminishing the prospects of recovery. Which serious disadvantages would be avoided by the establishment of camps, for the accommodation of such wounded as cannot be conveyed to Hospitals without danger should the result of the conflict place it in our power to carry out this design. Very Respectfully, Your Obt Svt, W. W. Anderson, Surgeon C.S.A. Medical Director"
06/06/1863 - In a letter to Col. B. S. Ewell, A. A. G., Jackson, MS, "I have the honor to request to be relieved from duty in this Department until I can communicate with the War Department at Richmond and be permanently relieved and assigned to duty elsewhere, or else ascertain the views of the Surgeon General and Secretary of War in relation to my present position in act in complete subordination to a Junior Officer, Very Respectfully, Your obt. Servt. W. W. Anderson, Surgeon C.S.A., Med. Director of Genl. Hospitals"
06/19/1863 - "The General Hospitals in this Dept., having been assigned to Divisions & Brigades and in consequence thereof the services of Surgeon W. W. Anderson, Medical Director of General Hospitals are no longer required, he is, at his own request, relieved from duty & will as soon as his official business will admit, proceed to Richmond, and report to the Surgeon General. He will turn over the books and papers of his office to Surgeon D. W. Yandell, Medical Director of Genl. Johnstons command." [S.O. 109 Headquarters, Dept. of the West, Jackson, MS Gen. Ewell]
06/25/1863 - In a letter written from Jackson, Mississippi to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, "Sir, I have the honor to enclose the copy of Department Special Orders No. 109 by which I have been relieved from duty and ordered to Richmond, also the copy of my application to be temporarily relieved from duty here till the question of my proper position might be settled by communications from your office. The substance of the order was telegraphed to you on the 20th instant the day on which the order was received, but as no reply to my telegram has yet arrived, it appears to me better to forward the enclosed papers to you by mail and await your reply as I am in doubt whether it is in accordance with your wishes that I should be permanently relieved from duty in this Department. Very Respectfully, Your obdt servt, W. W Anderson Surgn C.S.A."
06/30/1863-07/11/1863 - Travelled from Jackson, MS, to Richmond, VA, and charged the Confederate States $103.70 [1037 miles @10 cents/mile]
07/15/1863 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson is assigned to the duty of visiting and inspecting the various Purveying Depots in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida" [S.O 167/4]
10/16/1863 - "Surgeon W. W. Anderson, C. S. Army, is relieved from his present duty, and is assigned to duty as medical inspector, with superintendence of vaccinations of the armies, hospitals, and camps of instruction of the Confederate States. His station will be Columbia, S. C. He will report by letter to the Surgeon-General for instructions." [S.O. 246/2]
11/02/1863 - "Paragraph II, Special Orders No. 246, current series, is so modified that Surgeon W. W. Anderson, C. S. Army, in the performance of the duties therein prescribed will confine his labors to the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi." [S.O. 260/5]
11/13/1863 - In a letter written from Columbia, SC, to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, A.A. Gen., Charleston, SC, "Sir, Having been assigned to duty at this place as Medical Inspector, with superintendance of vaccination of the Armies, Hospitals, and Camps of Instruction, of the States of the Confederacy south of Virginia I have the honor to request that you will detail some competent man to report to me as clerk in my office. I should be glad to have a person of good moral character and steady habits. Perhaps Dr. [Robert Little] Brodie or Dr. [Nathaniel Savage] Crowell may know of some one disabled for active service who will be suitable for the duty. Very Respectfully, Your Obdt. Servt, W. W. Anderson, Surgeon C.S.A., Med Inspector, etc."
01/01/1864 - Surgeon and Medical Inspector, Columbia, SC
05/10/1864 - Father, William Wallace Anderson, Sr., died, Statesburg, Sumter Dist., SC
08/29/1864 - Stationed, Columbia, SC
01/03/1865 - Mentioned as Surgeon, Inspector, etc., Charleston, SC [S.O. 1/28]
07/22/1870 - Practiced medicine, Statesborough, Sumter Co., SC - living with wife, Mary V, and three children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as William W. Anderson)
06/12/1880 - Practiced medicine, Sumter Co., SC (living with wife, M.V., three daughters, and two sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as W. W. Anderson)
06/01/1900 - Practiced medicine, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as William W. Anderson)
1893,1896 - Practiced medicine with his son, William Wallace Anderson, III, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC
06/01/1900 - Practiced medicine, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as William Anderson)
1903 - Practiced medicine, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC
05/14/1910 - Farmer, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC (living with wife, Mary V. and nurse - indexed in 1910 U.S. Census as William W Anderson)
06/27/1911 - Died, Dalzell, Sumter Co., SC (buried: Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC)
12/15/1912 - Wife, Mary Virginia, died (buried: Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, Statesburg, Sumter Co., SC)

Note: Dr. Anderson was the brother of Confederate Lt. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson (1821-1879)

Bob Krick and Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/05/2016. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Shirley Burks Wells, the creator of this memorial:

W. W. Anderson, Jr., M. D., a Stateburg, S. C., physician served in the CSA & was a Major, Medical Inspector, Medical Corps of CSA.

His father, William Wallace Anderson, Sr., M. D., was born in 1789 & died in 1864, and was from Maryland to Stateburg, S. C. in 1810 (his home was Hill crest which is now known as The Borough House) & among earliest doctors in Sumter Co., S. C.

"Junior's" grandfather was a Rev. War hero from Maryland, Richard Anderson.

--Ervin Shaw