Member, 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Company D
Husband to Almira Day, son of Alexander Anderson and Jane Andrews.
During the Civil War Sgt. Alexander G. Anderson was a Sergeant for Company D, of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured on Dec 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a prisoner of war at Libbey Prison. Later he was exchanged and rejoined the regiment for the last year of the war and General Sherman's March to the Sea.
Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Battle of Stones River, was the 21st Ohio's seventh engagement. Beginning the morning of December 31, 1862, the first day of battle, the Union right wing defenses collapsed. And this left the 21st Ohio flanked by the Confederates. Sgt Anderson and twenty five other men from the 21st Ohio were captured, many others were killed or wounded. They spent a cold and wet night as Confederate Prisoner of War, and were processed the next day, Jan 1, 1863, some were paroled "on the field" but others, including Sgt Anderson, were sent to the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Sgt. Anderson survived and was later exchanged.
Company D
Husband to Almira Day, son of Alexander Anderson and Jane Andrews.
During the Civil War Sgt. Alexander G. Anderson was a Sergeant for Company D, of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured on Dec 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a prisoner of war at Libbey Prison. Later he was exchanged and rejoined the regiment for the last year of the war and General Sherman's March to the Sea.
Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Battle of Stones River, was the 21st Ohio's seventh engagement. Beginning the morning of December 31, 1862, the first day of battle, the Union right wing defenses collapsed. And this left the 21st Ohio flanked by the Confederates. Sgt Anderson and twenty five other men from the 21st Ohio were captured, many others were killed or wounded. They spent a cold and wet night as Confederate Prisoner of War, and were processed the next day, Jan 1, 1863, some were paroled "on the field" but others, including Sgt Anderson, were sent to the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Sgt. Anderson survived and was later exchanged.
Member, 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Company D
Husband to Almira Day, son of Alexander Anderson and Jane Andrews.
During the Civil War Sgt. Alexander G. Anderson was a Sergeant for Company D, of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured on Dec 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a prisoner of war at Libbey Prison. Later he was exchanged and rejoined the regiment for the last year of the war and General Sherman's March to the Sea.
Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Battle of Stones River, was the 21st Ohio's seventh engagement. Beginning the morning of December 31, 1862, the first day of battle, the Union right wing defenses collapsed. And this left the 21st Ohio flanked by the Confederates. Sgt Anderson and twenty five other men from the 21st Ohio were captured, many others were killed or wounded. They spent a cold and wet night as Confederate Prisoner of War, and were processed the next day, Jan 1, 1863, some were paroled "on the field" but others, including Sgt Anderson, were sent to the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Sgt. Anderson survived and was later exchanged.
Company D
Husband to Almira Day, son of Alexander Anderson and Jane Andrews.
During the Civil War Sgt. Alexander G. Anderson was a Sergeant for Company D, of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured on Dec 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a prisoner of war at Libbey Prison. Later he was exchanged and rejoined the regiment for the last year of the war and General Sherman's March to the Sea.
Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the Battle of Stones River, was the 21st Ohio's seventh engagement. Beginning the morning of December 31, 1862, the first day of battle, the Union right wing defenses collapsed. And this left the 21st Ohio flanked by the Confederates. Sgt Anderson and twenty five other men from the 21st Ohio were captured, many others were killed or wounded. They spent a cold and wet night as Confederate Prisoner of War, and were processed the next day, Jan 1, 1863, some were paroled "on the field" but others, including Sgt Anderson, were sent to the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Sgt. Anderson survived and was later exchanged.
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