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Robert Sanford Foster
Robert Sanford Foster (January 27, 1834 – March 3, 1903) was a Union general from Indiana who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign. 
After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, Foster was selected later that year to serve as a member of the Military Commission established to try the conspirators accused of the murder. He resigned from the Army in September 1865 and returned to Indianapolis, Indiana, where
born 1970), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Robert Foster (American football) (born 1994), American football wide receiver
Other.
- Robert Foster (judge) (1589–1663), Lord Chief Justice of England
- Robert D. Foster (1811–1878), Latter Day Saint turned opponent of Joseph Smith
- Robert Sanford Foster (1834–1903), Union general
- Robert Foster (RAF officer) (1898–1973), RAF commander during World War II
- Robert Frederick Foster (1853–1945),