GORDON, John Brown

Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 6 1832, Upson Cty GA

Died: January 9 1904, Miami FL

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, coalmine 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: Lawyer, politician, US senator, governor, wrote memoirs, first commander in chief of United Confederate Veterans.