Bruce Anderson
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 77 years 64 days (926 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Bruce Anderson (June 19, 1845 – August 22, 1922) 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 palisade, 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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