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Joseph Reid Anderson (February 16, 1813 – September 7, 1892) was an American civil engineer, industrialist, politician and soldier. During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate general, and his Tredegar Iron Company was a major source of munitions and ordnance for the Confederate States Army. [1]
Dec 22, 2021 · Joseph R. Anderson was an iron manufacturer and Confederate army officer during the American Civil War (1861–1865). In 1848 he purchased the Tredegar Iron Company, the largest producer of munitions, cannon, railroad iron, steam engines, and other ordnance for the Confederate government during the Civil War.
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Joseph R. Anderson Near the End of His Life. An elegantly attired Joseph Reid Anderson stands with arms folded in this glass-plate photograph taken at the Cook studio in Richmond, Virginia, around 1890.
Joseph R. Anderson (1813-1892) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He gained his commission by attending the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where upon graduation he was assigned as an officer for the 3rd United States Artillery.
Brigadier-General Joseph Reid Anderson was born in 1813 in Botetourt County, Virginia. He was a graduate of the United States military academy, class of 1836. He was appointed to a lieutenancy in the Third artillery.
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JOSEPH R. ANDERSON. A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources. Dew, Charles B. Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Iron Works. New Haven, CT: Yale, 1966. 345 p. HD9519.T7.D4.
