In the early morning hours of April 13, 1861, after withstanding an artillery bombardment lasting more than twenty-four hours, a small garrison of U.S. troops under the command of Major Robert Anderson raised a white flag of surrender over Fort Sumter,...

Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He is often referred to using his rank of that time, Major Robert...

PAID OBITUARIES Robert Farra Anderson, 82, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster. He was the husband of Patricia A. Anderson, with whom he shared 62 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, he was the...

Part of Robert L. Anderson's ministry involved visiting people who were hospitalized. ''When he visited people in the hospital room, he would say uplifting things and give them hope for the future and for their healing,'' said Mr. Anderson's son, Robert Fletcher Anderson...