Department of Cumberland gets new commander

Department of Cumberland gets new commander

13 years ago By John Dawson
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WASHINGTON, DC. The War Department issues orders naming Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson as the new commander of the Department of the Cumberland, which encompasses the border states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

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