George Thomas Anderson (February 3, 1824 – April 4, 1901) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[2] When the Civil War broke out, Anderson joined the Confederate Army in the insurrection of his home state.

He became colonel of the 11th Georgia Infantry regiment but arrived too late to participate in the First Battle of Bull Run.

Anderson missed Chancellorsville being with the majority of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps operating in southeastern Virginia.

Longstreet's men rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia in time for the Gettysburg Campaign.