Brig Gen
George
Thomas
"Tige"
Anderson
Born in Covington, Newton County, Georgia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Stewart Anderson
and Lucy (Hawkins) Cunningham
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 77
in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2020
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Biography
George Thomas Anderson was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, Colonel of the 11th Georgia Infantry and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E Lee's hardest-fighting subordinates. After the war, Anderson became a railroad freight agent and police chief in Atlanta, Georgia. He later moved to Anniston, Alabama, becoming police chief there and county tax collector.[1]
George passed away in 1901. Final resting place in Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Alabama.[2]
Sources
- ↑ George T Anderson, Wikipedia.org, accessed February 18, 2020.
- ↑ George Thomas Anderson, Find A Grave: Memorial #8850, accessed February 18, 2020.
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Categories: Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Alabama | US Civil War Needs Profiles Created | Georgia, Mexican-American War | Confederate Army, United States Civil War | 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, United States Civil War | Confederate States Army Generals, United States Civil War | Wounded in Action, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.75097/ Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Photo in Library of Congress,
Digital ID: (digital file from original, front) ppmsca 75097 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.75097
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-75097 (digital file from original, front)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Title: [Brigadier General George Thomas Anderson, 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment in uniform]
Date Created/Published: [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1861 and 1865]
Medium: 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 101 x 62 mm (carte de visite format)
Summary: Photograph shows identified soldier who was wounded on July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-75097 (digital file from original, front)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Anderson, George Thomas,--1824-1901.
edited by Sherry Bartlett