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Judge William Stadden Anderson

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Judge William Stadden Anderson

Birth
Rutland, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death
2 Mar 1922 (aged 80)
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Anderson
Memorial ID
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Civil War Veteran
Co. C. 113th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf.
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Judge Anderson was born the only son of William F. and Anna (Stadden) Anderson. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company G of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry and was soon promoted to corporal. On November 6, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, to join General Sherman. It took part in the movement known as the Tallahatchie expedition, was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and was then sent to Arkansas Post. The regiment arrived in the rear of Vicksburg in May, 1863, and participated in the assault of the 19th and 22d of that month. During this attempt to take Vicksburg from the rear Mr. Anderson was seriously wounded in the right shoulder, was totally disabled by his wound, and was given his honorable discharge at St. Louis December 1, 1863.
Civil War Veteran
Co. C. 113th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inf.
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Judge Anderson was born the only son of William F. and Anna (Stadden) Anderson. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company G of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry and was soon promoted to corporal. On November 6, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, to join General Sherman. It took part in the movement known as the Tallahatchie expedition, was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and was then sent to Arkansas Post. The regiment arrived in the rear of Vicksburg in May, 1863, and participated in the assault of the 19th and 22d of that month. During this attempt to take Vicksburg from the rear Mr. Anderson was seriously wounded in the right shoulder, was totally disabled by his wound, and was given his honorable discharge at St. Louis December 1, 1863.


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