- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Gen. John B. Gordon historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Taylor County
Homesites--Georgia--Reynolds - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Taylor County, Reynolds, 32.55987, -84.0963
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 96, 1.5 miles east of Reynolds
Text of marker: "GEN. JOHN B. GORDON. General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), CSA, lawyer, statesman, owned this farm, "Beechwood," from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived in "the old John D. Mitchell home"; later, he moved to a nearby small house that is no longer standing. "The most important military figure in the history of Georgia, General Gordon had no training in martial affairs." Elected Captain of a group of mountaineers, he was a Lieutenant General by 1865. After the war, a strong advocate of home rule, he served in the United States Senate. 133-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_gen.-john-b.-gordon
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_gen-john-b
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
