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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 21 1 Browse Search
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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
Wilkes county, North Carolina, whence Rev. Zachariah H. Gordon, father of General Gordon, removed toGeneral Gordon, removed to Georgia. Young Gordon was graduated in 1852 at the Georgia State university, and a few months lateGordon was graduated in 1852 at the Georgia State university, and a few months later was admitted to the practice of law. Early in 1861 he enlisted with the volunteer Confederate soldseverely wounded and the command devolved upon Gordon as senior colonel. At Malvern Hill he again c. Leading in Early's advance upon Harrisburg, Gordon reached the Susquehanna at Wrightsville, makinadvancing columns of Grant, in the Wilderness, Gordon's brigade, after Jones had been driven back, aing struggle at Spottsylvania Court House, General Gordon was particularly distinguished as the commharge, so imminent was the peril to the army. Gordon remonstrated, the men cried Lee to the rear, aralleled fury during the day. On May 14, 1864, Gordon was promoted major-general and put in command an official report of General D. H. Hill, General Gordon was designated the Chevalier Bayard of the[1 more...]