[2] Anderson then graduated number thirty of forty-four from the United States Military Academy in 1888.

[1][3] After graduation, Anderson was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry but was switched to cavalry and performed frontier duty until 1895.

[6] Anderson was promoted to colonel in May 1917 and commanded the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas from July 1917 to October 1918.

From October 5 to November 22, 1918, he served as interim commander of the 99th Division at Camp Pike, Arkansas.

[2] Edward Anderson died as the result of a heart ailment in Lake City, Florida at the age of seventy-two on November 2, 1937.