John Brown Gordon
Born: February 6, 1832
Birthplace: Upson County, Georgia
Father: Rev Zachariah Herndon Gordon 1796 -
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Mother: Malinda Cox 1805 – 1867
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Wife: Fannie Rebecca Haralson 1837 – 1931
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Married: September 18, 1854, at Myrtle Hill, near La Grange, GeorgiaChildren:
Hugh Haralson Gordon 1855 - 1937
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Frank Gordon 1858 – 1907
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
John Brown Gordon Jr. 1865 - 1884
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Frances “Fannie” Haralson Gordon Smith 1868 – 1951
(Buried: Dublin Town Cemetery, Dublin, New Hampshire)
Caroline Lewis Gordon Brown 1872 – 1943
Carolina Gordon 1877 – 1877
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Education:
1851 – 1852: Attended University of Georgia but didn't graduate
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia
Half Owner of Castle Rock Coal Company
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain in 6th Alabama Infantry
1861: Participated in the first Battle of Bull Run
1861 – 1862: Major of 6th Alabama Infantry
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 6th Alabama Infantry
1862: Participated in the Battle of Williamsburg
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862: Wounded by five minie balls in his leg, arm and face during the Battle of Antietam, and survived
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General in Confederate Army
1863: Participated in Battles of Chancellorsville & Gettysburg
1864 – 1865: Major General in the Confederate Army
1864: Division Commander in the 2nd Army Corps
1864 – 1865: Commander of 2nd Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
1865: Made the last charge of Army of Northern Virginia, Appomattox
1864 – 1865: Commander of 2nd Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
1865: Made the last charge of Army of Northern Virginia, Appomattox
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Atlanta Georgia
Grand Dragoon of the Georgia Branch of the Ku Klux Klan
1873 – 1880: United States Senator from Georgia
1880: Promoter of the Georgia Pacific Railroad
1886 – 1890: Governor of Georgia
1890 – 1904: Commander in Chief of United Confederate Veterans
1891 – 1897: United States Senator from Georgia
1903: Publishes Reminiscences of the Civil War, his first person account of the war.
Died: January 9, 1904
Place of Death: Miami, Florida
Cause of Death: Malaria
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
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