Everett W. Anderson (July 12, 1839 - February 4, 1917) was an American soldier who received the
Medal of Honor for valor during the
American Civil War.
Biography
Anderson served in the
American Civil War in Company M,
15th Pennsylvania Cavalry
The 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, known as the Anderson Cavalry and the 160th Volunteers, was a three-year cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was recruited and formed in the summer of 1862 by officers a ...
for the
Union Army. He received the Medal of Honor on December 3, 1894. He is the grandson of
Isaac Anderson (congressman).
Medal of Honor citation
Citation:
Captured, single-handed, Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert B. Vance during a charge upon the enemy.
See also
*
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F
References
External links
*
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
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1839 births
1917 deaths
Union Army soldiers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor