John Byers Anderson | |
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Born | Washington County, Pennsylvania | November 22, 1817
Died | July 25, 1897 Manhattan, Kansas | (aged 79)
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Years of service | 1861–64 |
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Battles / wars | American Civil War |
John Byers Anderson (November 22, 1817 – July 7, 1897) (alternatively John Byars Anderson) was an educator, railroad contractor and United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War as a colonel and superintendent of the Union railroads in the Department of the Ohio, Department of the Tennessee and Department of the Cumberland.