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Charles Alfred Anderson Sr., (February 9, 1907 – April 13, 1996) was an American aviator who is known as the Father of Black Aviation. [1] He earned the nickname "Chief" as chief flight instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen .
In September 2010, the company launched 2nd & Charles, a trader of used media, with its first store in Hoover, Alabama across from Riverchase Galleria. [10] In December 2015, the company was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson, and his family, for $21 million. [3] [4] [11] In November 2016, the company began to sell self-published books ...
Born in either Snow Hill [2] or Birmingham, Alabama, [1] Anderson was an active vaudeville performer by 1909, when he played in Memphis, Tennessee.He shared bills with Bessie Smith on several occasions, and by summer 1913 was known for his comedy and his performances of blues songs and "lullaby yodels", called by one reviewer "the Male Mockingbird". [2]
Granger's force numbered about 1,500, [3] while 818 troops under the command of Confederate Colonel Charles D. Anderson garrisoned the fort. Brigadier General Richard L. Page instructed Anderson not to surrender the fort. The fort was supposed to be able to withstand a six-month siege. [1]
Charles DeWitt Anderson (July 7, 1828 – November 21, 1901) was an American soldier, railway builder, civil engineer, and lighthouse keeper. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army , and later as a Confederate officer during the American Civil War .
Charles Morris Anderson (born 1957), principal of Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture, Seattle; Charles B. Anderson (1879–1953), South Australian railways engineer; Charles P. Anderson (1865–1930), Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church, Bishop of Chicago; Charles William Anderson (1866–1938), Collector of Revenue in New ...
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In 1961 ...
16th Alabama: Maj John H. McGaughy, Cpt Frederick A. Ashford; 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams; 45th Alabama: Col E. B. Breedlove; Gibson's (18th) Alabama Battalion: Maj John H. Gibson (mw) (attached to 33rd Alabama) 32nd-45th Mississippi: Col Mark P. Lowrey; 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj A. T. Hawkins, Cpt Daniel Coleman; Polk's ...