Bruce Anderson
Military Person
1845 – 1922
Who was Bruce Anderson?
Bruce Anderson was an African American Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.
After working as a farmer in New York Anderson joined the military to fight in the Civil War and volunteered with a group of other soldiers to eliminate a palisade that was blocking the advance of his unit. After completing the mission and destroying the palasade, Anderson and twelve others were recommended for the Medal of Honor but the paperwork was lost. Anderson hired an attorney to get the Medal and he and two other soldiers received it in 1914.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1845
Mexico City - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Aug 22, 1922
Albany - Resting place
- Greenhill Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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