CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL 60th IL INFANTRY CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON LETTER SIGNED VF

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WILLIAM BLACK ANDERSON
(1830 - 1901)
CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL,
COLONEL and COMANDER OF THE
60
th
ILLINOIS INFANTRY 1862-1864,
ELECTED AS AN ‘INDEPENDENT’ MEMBER OF THE US CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS 1875-1877,
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR IN 1871,
MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ILLINOIS IN 1869,
ANTE-BELLUM MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1856 and 1858.
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND 1885-1889
&
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT IN CHICAGO 1890s.
Col. Anderson led the 60
th
Illinois at the Atlanta Campaign, as well as the battles of Ringgold, Dalton, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Nickajack, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro.
Anderson also led his regiment in General William T. Sherman’s glorious “
March to the Sea
” and during the Campaign of the Carolinas was engaged in the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, the latter being as severe as any in which the regiment was engaged - At one time the regiment was surrounded on all sides, but it behaved gallantly.
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HERE'S A RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ANDERSON, 1p., DATED AT MOUNT VERNON, ILLS., ON JUNE 18, 1875 TO CHARLES LANMAN – INTERESTING LETTER REGARDING ONGOING FRAUD ISSUES FOR NEWLY-ELECTED FEDERAL POLITICIANS.
IN LARGE PART:
“…I have seen too many notices and have received several letters warning members elect [of Congress] against biographical frauds, that I have paid but little attention to communications upon such subjects, and I do not now remember the kind of information you desire.
“If you will again find circular informing me what you desire me to furnish I will comply with your request, with your assurance that it will cost me nothing.”
The document measures 8” x 10” and is in very fine condition.
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR
“GENERALS IN BLUE”
AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT and EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL ANDERSON
William Black Anderson
(April 2, 1830 – August 28, 1901) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Illinois.
Anderson was born April 2, 1830, in
Mount Vernon, Illinois
to
Stinson Anderson
who would serve as Lt. Governor of Illinois. He attended
McKendree College
and studied law. Despite being admitted to the bar, he never practiced law, instead pursuing agricultural work as a farmer and surveyor. He was elected Jefferson County Surveyor in 1851. He was elected to the
Illinois House of Representatives
in 1856 and 1858. He also passed the Illinois bar in 1858.
During the
American Civil War
, Anderson entered the
Union Army
as a private, eventually rising to the rank of colonel of the
60th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
. Anderson resigned from the army on December 26, 1864.
On January 13, 1866,
President
Andrew Johnson
nominated Anderson for appointment to the grade of
brevet
brigadier general
of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, and the
United States Senate
confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.
In 1869, Anderson was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention. In 1871, Anderson was elected to the
Illinois Senate
. In 1874, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as an Independent. After one term, he left politics, eventually taking a job with the
Internal Revenue Service
in 1885–1889 and as a United States pension agent from December 1893 to January 1898.
William Black Anderson died in
Chicago
,
Illinois
on August 28, 1901.
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He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Illinois.
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William Black Anderson
Birth
2 Apr 1830, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Aug 1901 (aged 71), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oakwood Cemetery
, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois,
Plot
Lot 465
Civil War Service Detail:
William Black Anderson
Residence
Mount Vernon
IL; 31 years old.
Enlisted on 2/12/1862 as a Lieut Colonel.
On 2/17/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff
IL 60th Infantry
He Resigned on 12/26/1864
Promotions:
Colonel 3/2/1863
Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet (For meritorious services during the war)
Federal Pension Information:
He applied for a pension on 9/27/1897 from the state of IL (application # 1,198,539). His Widow (Elivra M Anderson) applied for a pension on 11/25/1901 from the state of IL (application # 752,335).
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ILLINOIS
SIXTY INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Sixtieth Infantry. - Cols. Silas C. Toler, William B. An-
derson , Lieut.-Cols., William B. Anderson, Samuel Hess, George
W. Evans; Majs., Samuel Hess, George W. Evans, James H.
McDonald.
This regiment was organized at Camp Dubois, Anna,
Ill., Feb. 17 1862, on the 22nd was ordered to Cairo, and moved
to Island No. 1O on March 14.
It was in the siege of Corinth,
and in pursuit of the enemy beyond Boonville, Miss.; was en-
gaged in repelling the attack of Gen. Morgan on Edgefield in
November, and on Jan. 5, 1863, had a skirmish with Wheeler's
cavalry, between Nashville and Murfreesboro, repulsing them.
In Nov., 1863, the regiment was assigned to the 1st brigade,
2nd division, 14th army corps, and participated in the battles
about Chattanooga and the memorable march to Knoxville, Tenn.
On Feb. 22, 1864, three-fourths of the regiment were mustered
as veteran volunteers, and on the 26th took part in the recon-
naissance toward Dalton Ga., which resulted in the battle of
Buzzard Roost, losing in this battle 42 killed and wounded.
On
March 6 it was ordered to Illinois on veteran furlough, and the
men were furloughed from Centralia on March 15.
Returning to
the front, it entered upon the Atlanta campaign and partici-
pated in the battles of Ringgold, Dalton, Resaca, Rome, Dallas,
New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain, Nickajack, Peachtree creek,
Atlanta and Jonesboro.
It had a skirmish with the enemy at
Florence in September, driving him across -the Tennessee.
It
participated in the march to the sea, and during the campaign
of the Carolinas was engaged in the battles of Averasboro and
Bentonville, the latter being as severe as any in which the
regiment was engaged.
At one time the regiment was surrounded
on all sides, but it behaved gallantly.
It participated in the
grand review at Washington and then proceeded to Louisville,
Ky. where it performed duty as provost guard at the headquar-
ters of the 14th army corps until July 31, 1865, when it was
mustered out and proceeded to Camp Butler, Ill., for final pay-
ment and discharge.
Source:
The Union Army, vol. 3
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