Civil War CDV Photo 7th Georgia Calvary Confederate Officer E. C. Anderson

  
Civil War At the outbreak of the Civil War, Anderson was sent to Richmond by Governor Joseph E. Soon after, Anderson was personally summoned to Montgomery, Alabama, by the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, who commissioned him a Major in the Corps of Artillery.

In England, he was stalked continually by spies hired by the United States Consul General, Charles Francis Adams. Anderson described his position as the Secretary of War in England.

He and fellow Georgian James D. Bulloch negotiated with the British for the sale of warships and blockade runners to the South. Upon learning of the Southern victory at the First Battle of Bull Run, Anderson raised a Confederate Flag upon the rooftop of a friend's house in Liverpool. Their success in both exporting arms, and running the blockage prompted other British firms to begin blockade-running efforts. Anderson was promoted, and served as "Commander of the River Batteries" as a part of General Robert E.

He was a member of the Confederate high command at Savannah until the end of the war. [7] At this time, Anderson was placed in command of Fort James Jackson, becoming the Confederate headquarters for river defenses, including the Confederate Navy. [8] The construction of Fort James Jackson (also called Old Fort Jackson) was authorized by President Thomas Jefferson between 1808 and 1812. The fort, on the Savannah River a mile east of the city, was built on top of an old earthen battery dating from the Revolutionary War. At the time, war with Great Britain or France seemed likely, and Fort Jackson was the best site from which to protect Savannah from attack by sea.

In the American Civil War, it was one of three forts protecting Savannah, the others being Fort Pulaski and Fort McAllister standing in Confederate defiance of the Union naval blockade. Fort McAllister was commanded at different times by two of his nephews, General Robert H. Anderson and Major George Wayne Anderson, who commanded the fort when it was overrun by Sherman's forces in December 1864. The loss of Fort McAllister opened the way to the sea for General Sherman, allowing him to link up with the Union Navy, resupply his forces, and bring the City of Savannah to its knees. Fort James Jackson Supervising the forts under his command, he was constantly sought out for his artillery expertise.

During General Sherman's March to the Sea, Anderson led the City of Savannah's evacuation after its surrender and was subsequently placed in charge of the City of Charleston in December 1864. He was involved in the planning and execution of that city's evacuation before his transfer to Augusta, Georgia. Within a month, a state convention of elected delegates was called to the state capitol in Milledgeville by the provisional governor of Georgia, James Johnson. Edward Clifford Anderson was one of the Chatham County representatives at the convention, where a unique resolution was passed calling for a special election for a mayor and a board of aldermen for the City of Savannah. On December 6, 1865, in the only balloting which had been allowed in the city since its surrender, Anderson was elected the first postwar mayor of Savannah.

Civil War CDV Photo 7th Georgia Calvary Confederate Officer E. Exceedingly rare Carte de visite (cdv) Civil War photograph of Confederate Officer E.

Striking image in every respect. Fresh out of a home here in Florida, no. Back mark of a photographer. (November 8, 1815 - January 6, 1883) was a naval officer in the United States Navy, mayor of Savannah, Georgia and a Colonel in the. During the American Civil War.

He commanded Fort James Jackson near Savannah before its capture in 1864. He was elected mayor of Savannah eight times, before and after the war, and on December 6, 1865, he became the first mayor after the civil war. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Anderson was sent to Richmond by Governor Joseph E. At this time, Anderson was placed in command of Fort James Jackson, becoming the Confederate headquarters for river defenses, including the Confederate Navy. The construction of Fort James Jackson (also called Old Fort Jackson) was authorized by President Thomas Jefferson between 1808 and 1812.

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