Robert Anderson Thompson

(1828 - 1914)
Home State: South Carolina
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd South Carolina Rifles

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A member of the South Carolina Secession Convention, and newspaperman, he had owned the Keowee Courier since 1853.1 He was elected Captain, Company B, Second South Carolina Rifles on 31 October 1861. He was promoted to Major 6 July 1862, and Lieutenant Colonel on 3 September.2

The remainder of the War:
He resigned his commission in September 1863, probably for his health, and "to serve as Commissioner in Equity of Pickens District." 2

After the War:
He became a member of the bar, and continued to operate the Keowee Courier until 1898. He moved the paper and his practice to Walhalla. He was also elected to the SC General Assembly.1

Birth Date: 6/13/1828 Place of Birth: Pickens District, SC
Death Date: 8/7/1914 Death Place: Walhalla, SC

Notes

1 Allman, Ron, South Carolina Newspapers, Published c.1995, first accessed 08 August 2005, <http://www.scpress.org/newshistory.htm> [AotW citation 211]

2 From notes to accompany memoirs of Lt. A. Augustus "Gus" Dean, Second S.C. Rifles, Company G
Batson, Steve, South Carolina in the War Between the States, Published c.1996, first accessed 08 August 2005, <http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/3873/b/scmp.html>, Source page: [http://batsonsm.tripod.com/deanaa.html] [AotW citation 212]

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