As a private in the 30th regiment Indiana Infantry. He received his honorable discharge in Victoria, Texas, October 13, 1865. He served under General "Pap" Thomas, and took part int he siege of Atlanta.
Reuben Anderson married Elizabeth Ann Nelson July 12, 1966. Their children were:
Ella b Oct 20 1867 m. W.H Demuth
Minnie b 1869 m Ward Beecher Sullivan
William Allen b 1872 m Dora Overstreet
Thomas Josephus b 1874 m Laura Trekell; May Oyler
Lemuel Alonzo b 1876 m Jessie Demuth
James Winfield b 1878 on way to Kansas, Never married
Reuben Hartley b 1880 Kansas; married Jessie Price
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