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Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War.He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender, starting the war.
Fort Sumter is an historic sea fort in the southeastern United States, near Charleston, South Carolina.Built on an artificial island at the entrance of Charleston Harbor to defend the region from a naval invasion, it was constructed after British forces captured and occupied Washington during the War of 1812 via a naval attack.
Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War) (1741–1813), Revolutionary War general and lieutenant governor of South Carolina Robert Anderson (Union officer) (1805–1871), Union commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War
Charleston, South Carolina: Coordinates: Area: 199.57 acres (80.76 ha) [1] Established: 1948: Visitors: 888,330 (in 2016) Governing body: National Park Service: Website: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
General Anderson went on board precisely at noon, having with him a letter-bag bearing the inscription "Major–General Anderson, Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865," and also a box containing the old flag of Fort Sumter. It is intended that the flag shall be raised by Sargeant Peter Hart, who run [sic] up the Stars and Stripes on a temporary flag ...
The flag was lowered by Major Robert Anderson on April 13, 1861, when he surrendered Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the outset of the American Civil War. Anderson brought the flag to New York City for an April 20, 1861, patriotic rally, where it was flown from the equestrian statue of George Washington in Union Square.
In 1960, the Department of Defense transferred Fort Moultrie to the National Park Service. NPS manages the historic fort as a unit of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. [20] NPS has interpreted the fort as a tour backward in time from its defenses from World War II to the original palmetto log fort constructed by William ...
Borough House Plantation, also known as Borough House, Hillcrest Plantation and Anderson Place, is an historic plantation on South Carolina Highway 261, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of its intersection with U.S. Route 76/US Route 378 in Stateburg, in the High Hills of Santee near Sumter, South Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, the plantation ...