Major General John B. Gordon

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans
gptkb:United_Confederate_Veterans
Freemasonry
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Confederate_Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birthDate February 6, 1832
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Upson_County,_Georgia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery,_Atlanta
gptkbp:children John_B._Gordon_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate January 9, 1904
gptkbp:depictedIn Documentaries
Biographies
Film and television adaptations
Historical novels
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Georgia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General John B. Gordon
gptkbp:influenceOn Lost Cause narrative
Southern_historical_memory
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Gordon's_Brigade
gptkb:Gordon_County,_Georgia
gptkb:Gordon_State_College
gptkbp:nickname The Gray Ghost
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Appomattox Court House
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Second_Corps,_Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:participatesIn Confederate_General
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole Governor_of_Georgia
U.S._Senator_from_Georgia
Georgia_State_Senator
gptkbp:postRetirementCareer Governor_of_Georgia
gptkbp:postWarCareer Author
Public speaker
Railroad_executive
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_A._Gordon
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_War_Between_the_States
Reminiscences of the Civil War
The Story of the Confederacy