Brigadier General John B. Gordon

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans
gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:United_Confederate_Veterans
Freemasonry
gptkbp:birthDate February 6, 1832
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Upson_County,_Georgia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery,_Atlanta
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Gordon
John_B._Gordon_Jr.
Ethel_Gordon
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:deathDate January 9, 1904
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Miami,_Florida
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Georgia
gptkbp:famousFor Post-war reconciliation efforts
Leadership_in_the_Battle_of_Gettysburg
Leadership_in_the_Battle_of_Antietam
Leadership_in_the_Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Brown_Gordon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brigadier General John B. Gordon
gptkbp:influence Reconstruction policies
Civil War historiography
Southern_historical_memory
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Gordon_County,_Georgia
gptkb:Statue_in_the_Georgia_State_Capitol
gptkb:Gordon_College,_Georgia
gptkbp:militaryRank Infantry
gptkbp:militaryService Colonel
Major General
Brigadier General of Volunteers
gptkbp:nickname The Gray Ghost
gptkbp:notableFeature Commander of the 6th Georgia Infantry
gptkbp:office Governor_of_Georgia
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition U.S._Senator_from_Georgia
gptkbp:postWarCareer Politician
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Joseph_E._Brown
gptkbp:rank Brigadier General
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:signature gptkb:John_B._Gordon_Signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_A._Gordon
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_J._Harris
gptkbp:termEnd 1890
1897
gptkbp:termStart 1886
1891