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John Brown Gordon 1832-1904, U.S. public official and Confederate general, b. Upson co., Ga. Gordon began his Civil War service as an infantry captain and so distinguished himself through four years of campaigning in the Virginia area that at Lee's surrender he was a lieutenant general commanding a corps. His fighting in the Wilderness campaign and in the Shenandoah Valley under J. A. Early in 1864 was particularly brilliant. After the war he became an outstanding leader in Georgia politics. With Alfred H. Colquitt and Joseph E. Brown, he dominated the state government for many years. He was U.S. Senator (1873-80, 1891-97) and governor (1886-90). Despite charges that he mixed politics and railroad affairs, he remained the idol of his state.

Bibliography: See his Reminiscences of the Civil War (1903); D. S. Freeman, Lee's Lieutenants (3 vol., 1942-44); biography by J. B. Gordon (1955).

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Gordon, John Brown (1832–1904) Confederate soldier with an Alabama regiment, born in Upson County, Georgia. Gordon fought at South Mountain and Antietam (both 1862), where he was wounded five times. Later as brigade commander, he fought in the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Mine Run campaigns (all 1863), and particularly distinguished himself at the Battle of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania (both 1864).

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