- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John B. Gordon (1832-1904)
- Creator:
- Groce, W. Todd
- Date of Original:
- 2004-12-10
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers
Politicians--Georgia
Authors, American--Georgia - People:
- Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about John B. Gordon. One of Georgia's most renowned political and military figures of the nineteenth century, John Brown Gordon was born on a plantation situated along the banks of the Flint River in Upson County on February 6, 1832. As a child he moved with his family to Walker County, in the northwestern corner of the state, where his father operated a coal mine. Gordon attended the University of Georgia, achieving senior status in only two years (1851-52). He held the highest grade point average of his class but inexplicably dropped out before graduation. Moving to Atlanta in 1854, Gordon married and read law but attracted few clients, forcing him to return to his father's mine, which he was managing when the Civil War erupted in 1861.
GSE identifier: SS8H7, SS8H6, SS8H5 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/john-b-gordon-1832-1904/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "John B. Gordon (1832-1904)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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