Joseph R. Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph R. Anderson

American civil engineer, industrialist, and soldier

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1813

Place of Birth: Fincastle, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1892

Profession: civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joseph R. Anderson

  • 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.
  • Starting with a small forge and rolling mill in the mid-1830s, It was a flourishing operation by 1843 when he leased it.
  • He eventually bought the company outright in 1848 and forcefully and aggressively built Tredegar Iron Works into the South's largest and most significant iron works.
  • When the Civil War broke out he entered the Army as a Brigadier General in 1861.
  • Shortly after he was wounded and then resigned from the Army returning to the iron works.
  • It was the Confederacy's major (and for much of the war only) source of cannons and munitions, employing some 900 workers, most of whom were slaves.
  • His plant was confiscated by the Union army at the end of the war, but returned to him in 1867 and he remained president until his death.
  • Anderson was very active in local civic and political affairs.

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