Anderson Troop

Anderson Troop was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was frequently referred to as "Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry". (It is occasionally identified as the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, which is incorrect, although Anderson Troop officers raised that regiment.)

Service
Anderson Troop was organized at Carlisle, Pennsylvania October-November 1861 and mustered in on November 30, 1861 under the command of Captain William Jackson Palmer for headquarters and escort duty with Gen. Robert Anderson in Kentucky. The regiment was retained at the headquarters of Generals William T. Sherman, Don Carlos Buell, and William S. Rosecrans, all commanders of the Department and Army of the Ohio and Cumberland, until March 24, 1863 when the unit was discharged.

Detailed service
Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 2–7, 1861. Duty there until February 1862. Moved with headquarters Army of the Ohio to Nashville, Tenn., February 24. March to Savannah, Tenn., to reinforce the Army of the Tennessee March-April. Battle of Shiloh April 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1–22. Springfield October 6. Battle of Perryville October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Lavergne December 26–27. Wilkinson's Cross Roads December 29. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31, 1862. Lavergne January 1, 1863. Lytle's Creek January 5. At Murfreesboro until March 24, 1863.

Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 6 men during service; 1 officer killed, 5 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

 * Captain William Jackson Palmer - promoted to colonel, 160th Pennsylvania Volunteers (15th Pennsylvania Cavalry), September 8, 1862
 * 1st Lieutenant William Spencer - promoted to lieutenant colonel, 160th Pennsylvania Volunteers, October 1, 1862
 * 2nd Lieutenant Thomas S. Maple