Confederate General John B. Gordon's (February 6, 1832)-(January 9, 1904) report on the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg. From the Official Records.
Full Download Report of Brig. Gen. J. B. Gordon, C. S. Army, commanding brigade - John B. Gordon file in PDF
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Following an ill-advised and disastrous dismounted cavalry charge by john mccausland, gordon led three brigades of georgia, louisiana and virginia infantry regiments into the teeth of two brigades of brig. James ricketts’ division of battle-hardened vi corps troops.
(1911–1990) general sir alexander hope gcb (1769–1837) lieutenant general sir john hope.
Gordon’s brigade in the van, rolled forward, hitting barlow on both front and flank. Leopold von gilsa, a german-born officer whom barlow loathed, broke under the onslaught and fell back among brig.
A rising star for his performance, gordon was promoted to brigadier general in november 1862 and, following his recovery, given command of a brigade in major general jubal early's division in lieutenant general thomas stonewall jackson's second corps.
According to an account written by gordon in 1901, he allowed barlow's wife arabella to enter the confederate camp to tend to her wounded husband, but this account is deemed apocryphal.
Gordon's brigade seals a breach in the confederate line on the first day of the battle of the wilderness, part of grant's 1864 overland campaign in virginia.
Although lacking military education or experience, gordon was elected captain of a company of mountaineers and quickly climbed from captain to brigadier.
After recuperating from his wound, gordon was promoted to brigadier general and given command of a brigade of georgia regiments.
January 9, 1904) was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the confederate states army, and politician in the postwar years. After the war, gordon strongly opposed reconstruction during the late 1860s.
Honor of reporting to you the'result of the late annual inspection ordered by brig.
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