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Aaron Anderson
Aaron Anderson or Sanderson (1811 – January 9, 1886) a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
He was born North Carolina and later lived in Pennsylvania where he worked as a cook until he joined the Navy at age 52. He was assigned to the where he participated in blocking Confederate forces from getting supplies along the Potomac River. Shortly before the war ended he participated in a mission to attack a group of Confederate troops attempting to get supplies. In the process they came under heavy fire which destroyed many of their weapons and severely damaged their boats but Anderson continued firing a howitzer until they had gotten to safety. For his actions he was presented with the Medal of Honor. A short time later he left at the end of his enlistment and nothing else is known about him after he left the Navy.
==Early life and education==
Anderson, an African American, was born on a farm in Plymouth, North Carolina, and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a young man. He worked as a cook before enlisting in the U.S. Navy at age 52 on April 17, 1863. He was assigned as a landsman to , but his last name was erroneously entered into the ship's logs as "Sanderson". The ''Wyandank'' served as part of the Potomac River Flotilla, a group of ships which enforced the Union blockade against Confederate shipping on the Potomac River.〔Hanna, 11〕
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