Samuel Read Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army general
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1804
Place of Birth: Bedford County, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jan-1883
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Samuel Read Anderson
- Samuel Read Anderson (February 17, 1804 – January 2, 1883) was an American businessman and military officer in two wars.
- He was the Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1853 until 1861 and then was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War.
- He commanded a mixed brigade of infantry and cavalry in the Eastern Theater in Virginia until the spring of 1862 when he was forced to resign because of ill health.
- Anderson later supervised the Confederate military draft in Tennessee until the end of the war.
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