GORDON, George Washington

Affiliation:  Union

Born: October 5 1836, Giles Cty TN

Died: August 9 1911, Memphis TN

Pre-War Profession: Surveyor

War Service: 1861 Drillmaster of 11th Tennessee, Capt., Lt. Col., December 1862 Col., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, August 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Vaughan's Bde/Cheatham's Divn at Franklin (w,c), imprisoned at Fort Warren until the end of the War.

Post War: Lawyer, railroad commissioner, Indian agent, school supervisor, US congressman.