Gordon, John Brown

Life Span
to
Full name
John Brown Gordon
Place of Birth
Upson County, GA
Burial Place
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US Senate
Military
Confederate Army

John Brown Gordon (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
GORDON, John Brown, a Senator from Georgia; born in Upson County, Ga., February 6, 1832; attended private schools and the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; engaged in coal mining; upon the outbreak of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as captain of Infantry and rose to lieutenant general; resumed the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1873; reelected in 1879 and served from March 4, 1873, until May 26, 1880, when he resigned to promote the building of the Georgia Pacific Railroad; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-sixth Congress); Governor of Georgia 1886-1890; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897; declined to be a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Coastal Defenses (Fifty-third Congress); engaged in lecturing and literary work; died in Miami, Fla., January 9, 1904; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
"Gordon, John Brown," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000313.
Date Event
Breckinridge supporter John Brown Gordon tells college students slavery is "the hand-maid of civil liberty"
- In western Virginia, the second Battle of Winchester ends in heavy Union defeat
- The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania
Union defenders retreat across the Susquehanna burning the Wrightsville Bridge behind them
- Confederate infantry occupy York, Pennsylvania
The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union forces triumph at the hard-fought Third Battle of Winchester
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union troops under Sheridan turn defeat into crushing victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek
At dawn, the Army of Northern Virginia makes one last effort to break out the Union encirclement
Date Title
Reminiscence of General John Brown Gordon, C.S.A., on entering York, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1863
Date Title
Reminiscence of General John Brown Gordon, C.S.A., on entering York, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1863
- Report of James Gall, Jr., Confederate Occupation of York, Pennsylvania, June 28-29, 1863
Chicago Style Entry Link
Anderson, William. “The Resignation of John B. Gordon from the United States Senate in 1880.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 52 (December 1968): 438-442. view record
Eckert, Ralph L. John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. view record
How to Cite This Page: "Gordon, John Brown," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5754.