Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Anderson, Patriot

Richard Clough Anderson was born 12 January 1750 in Hanover County Virginia.He is the son of Robert Anderson III and Elizabeth Clough. Richard is my 1st cousin 10x removed on my paternal side. (Anderson, Snelson, Plemmons, Dean)

Richard Clough Anderson was 25 years old when the Revolution began in 1775.He became a captain in the Virginia Continental Line On March 16, 1776,

Engagements and Campaigns participated in;

Valley Forge
The Battle of White Plains
The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Brandywine
The Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Savannah
The Battle of Charleston
The Battle of Yorktown

Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Anderson was wounded twice during the war. At the battle of Trenton,Anderson was wounded in both thighs by a bullet from the large bore rifles carried by Hessian jagers. In 1779, at the siege of Savannah, Anderson led a charge on an enemy redoubt and was badly wounded by a blow from a British officer's sword.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard C. Anderson is listed by the Daughters of the American Revolution as Ancestor #: A002496.