Union General Robert Anderson
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General Robert Anderson was a Kentucky native and the Union "hero of Ft. Sumter." Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Union General Robert Anderson
Historical Marker #534 in Louisville notes the birthplace of Robert Anderson, the commander of Ft. Sumter and the "first Union hero of [the] Civil War."
Born in 1805 at "Soldiers Retreat" in Jefferson County, Anderson was…