United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Groce, W. Todd2004-12-10Encyclopedia 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, SS8H5text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Governors--GeorgiaLegislators--United StatesConfederate States of America. Army--OfficersPoliticians--GeorgiaAuthors, American--GeorgiaJohn B. Gordon (1832-1904)Text