• Anderson, Sterling
  N C. N C.
  Ensign 3 infantry 1 Ju]y 1808
  2 Lieutenant 31 Dec 1809
  resigned 15 June 1810

• Anderson, Thomas Butler
  Ind. D C.
  Captain Assistant Surgeon 37 volunteers 5 July 1899
  honorably mustered out 20 Feb 1901
  Major Surgeon volunteers ll Mar 1901
  honorably discharged 9 Dec 1902

• Anderson, Thomas Jefferson
  Ohio. Kans.
  Captain assistant adjutant-general volunteers 27 Feb 1863
  Major assistant adjutant-general volunteers 25 May 1863
  Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for faithful and meritorious service
  resigned 28 Mar 1865

• Anderson, Thomas McArthur. I.
  Ohio. Ohio.
  Private A 6 Ohio infantry 20 Apr to 15 May 1861
  2 Lieutenant 2 cavalry 7 May 1861
  Captain 12 infantry 14 May 1861
  transferred to 21 infantry 21 Sept 1866
  Major 26 Mar 1868
  unassigned 15 Mar 1869
  assigned to 10 infantry 24 June 1869
  Lieutenant Colonel 9 infantry 20 Mar 1879
  Colonel 14 infantry 6 Sept 1886
  Brigadier General volunteers 4 May 1898
  Major General volunteers 13 Aug 1898
  honorably discharged from volunteers 12 June 1899
  Brigadier General USA 31 Mar 1899
  retired 21 Jan 1900
  Brevet Major 1 Aug 1864 for gallant service in the battle of the Wilderness Va; and
  Lieutenant Colonel 1 Aug 1864 for gallant service in the battle of Spottsylvania Va.

• Anderson, Thomas McArthur, jr.
  Tex. Army.
  Private Corporal and Sergeant G 4 cavalry 28 Aug 1894 to 27 June 1897
  2 Lieutenant 13 infantry 8 June 1897
  1 Lieutenant 2 Mar 1899
  Captain 7 infantry 11 Jan 1902

• Anderson, William
  Md.
  Ensign 1 infantry 6 Aug 1812
  2 Lieutenant 20 Jan 1813
  1 Lieutenant 16 June 1814
  Captain assistant deputy quaretrmaster-general 9 Oct 13 to Apr 14
  honorably discharged 15 June 1815

• Anderson, William, jr.
  Pa. Pa.
  3 Lieutenant 13 infantry 13 May l813
  2 Lieutenant 15 Aug 1813
  1 Lieutenant 1 Oct 1814
  honorably discharged 15 June 1815
  reinstated as 1 Lieutenant ordinance 17 May 1816
  dropped 1 Sept 1818
  [died 13 Sept 1839]

• Anderson, William B.
  Ill. Ill.
  Lt Colonel 60 Ill infantry 17 Feb 1862
  Colonel 4 Apr 1863
  Brevet Brigadier General volunteers 13 Mar l865 for gallantry and meritorious service during the war
  resigned 26 Dec 1864

• Anderson, William Hart.
  Ohio. Ohio.
  Cadet Military Academy 16 June 1888 (44)
  2 Lieutenant 16 infantry 11 June 1892
  resigned 31 Oct 1892
  Captain commissary of subsistence volunteers 19 May 1898
  Major chief commissary of subsistence volunteers 8 Dec 1898
  Captain commissary of subsistence volunteers 19 June 1899
  honorably discharged 15 Nov 1899

• Anderson, William J.
  N Y. N J.
  1 Lieutenant 11 infantry 1 Apr 1799
  honorably discharged 15 June 1800

• Anderson, William J.
  N Y. Del.
  2 Lieutenant 42 infantry 21 July 1814
  1 Lieutenant 1 Oct 1814
  honorably discharged 15 June 1815

• Anderson, William P.
  Tenn.
  Captain
  6 infantry 8 Jan 1799
  honorably discharged 15 June 1800
  Lieutenant Colonel 8 infantry 14 Apr 1812
  Colonel 24 infantry 6 July 1812
  honorably discharged 15 June 1815

• Anderson. William P.
  Pa. Pa.
  2 Lieutenant 5 infantry 5 Aug 1861
  1 Lieutenant 25 Sept 1861
  dismissed 21 Oct 1863

• Anderson, William P.
  Ohio. Ohio.
  2 Lieutenant 6 Ohio infantry 3 Aug 1861
  Captain assistant adjutant-general volunteers 15 Sept 1862
  Brevet Major volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the dept of the Ohio
  resigned 18 Mar 1864
  [died 21 Nov 1897]

• Anderson, William Thomas
  Tex. Ohio.
  Chaplain 10 cavalry 16 Aug 1897

• Anderson, William Wallace
  S C. S C.
  Assistant Surgeon 29 June 1849
  resigned 20 Apr 1861
  (Surgeon Confederate States Army war 1861 to 1865)

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known. Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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