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Virginia Resident:

Yes

War(s) Served:

Civil War

Unit/Regiment:

3rd Brigade

Company:

N/A

Rank:

BRIG. GEN.

Cemetery:

Hollywood Cemetery

Burial Location:

412 S. Cherry Street (Mount, Lot 7)
Richmond, VA

Burial County:

Richmond (City)

Inscription:

JOSEPH REID ANDERSON
BORN IN BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA.
FEBRUARY 16, 1813,
DIED IN NEW HAMPHIRE
SEPTEMBER 7, 1892
AND LIES BURIED HERE.

STEADFAST CHRISTIAN FAITH, TRUST IN MEN, PUBLIC SPIRIT, ENERGY THAT NEW NO OTHER REST THAN VARIED ACTIVITY THESE QUALITIES MARKED HIS LIFE AND WON THE LOVE OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS.

"SOMEWHERE, SURELY, AFAR
IN THE SOUNDING LABOR-HOUSE VAST
OF BEING, IS PRACTICED THAT STRENGTH,
ZEALOUS, BENEFICENT, FIRM."

Notes:

Joseph Reid Anderson Was A Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Joseph Attended West Point, Graduating 4th In The Class In 1836 And Was Assigned As An Officer To The 3rd U.S. Artillery. Recognizing His Engineering Abilities, He Was Assigned As An Assistant Engineer To The Engineer Bureau, Washington D.C. Before Being Officially Transferred To The Corps Of Engineers In 1837. Deciding His Engineering Career Would Best Be Served Outside The Military He Resigned His Commission And Accepted The Position Of Assistant Engineer Of The State Of Virginia. Anderson Was Chief Engineer Of The Valley Turnpike Company And Later With The With The Tredegar Iron Company Which By 1860, Was Producing Locomotives, Boilers, Cables, Naval Hardware And Cannon. With The Outbreak Of The Civil War, Joseph Offered His Services To The Confederacy And Was Commissioned A Brigadier General On September 3, 1861. He Commanded Confederate Forces At Wilmington, North Carolina And Was In Command Of The 3rd Brigade In A.P. Hill's Newly Formed Light Infantry Division In The Peninsula Campaign. In Actions At Mechanicville, Gaines' Mill, And At Frayser's Farm White Oak Swamp, Joseph Was Seriously Wounded On June 30, 1862. He Resigned His Commission In July 1862 And Returned To Run Tredegar Iron Company As Supervisor Until The End Of The War. The Ironworks Remained Under U.S. Federal Control Until 1867, When He Again Assumed Duties As Supervisor Of The Tredegar Iron Company.

The Above Biography Has Been Taken From The Biography On Joseph Reid's Find A Grave Memorial Provided By John "J-Cat" Griffith.

Information Concerning Joseph Reid Anderson Has Been Obtained From Southerners At Rest Confederate Dead At Hollywood Cemetery By Christopher L. Ferguson, Page 7.