John Brown Gordon

Name GORDON, John Brown
Born February 6 1832, Upson Cty GA
Died January 9 1904, Miami FL
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, coal mine operator.
War Service 1861 Capt. in the Raccoon Roughs which he had raised, April 1862 Col. of 6th Alabama, Sharpsburg (w), November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Gordon?s Bde/Early's Divn at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, May 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded Gordon?s Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded II Corps in the retreat to Appomattox.
Post War Career Lawyer, politician, US senator, governor, wrote memoirs, first commander in chief of United Confederate Veterans.
Notes A good fighting general, involved in post-war disputes especially with Longstreet.
Further reading
Eckert, Ralph Lowell John Brown Gordon : soldier, southerner, American Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press 1989
Gordon, John Brown Reminiscences of the Civil War Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press 1993