2008-09
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GORDON, John Brown (1832-1904) CSA Maj. General. His army service began with election as captain of a mountaineer company known as the ‘Raccoon Roughs’ and ended as a corps commander at Appomattox. During the battle of Sharpsburg he was so severely wounded in the head that only a bullet hole in his hat prevented his drowning in his own blood. He was three times elected to the U.S. Senate (1873-1880) and (1891-97), and was once governor (1886-90). He was also the first commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Partly-printed Document Signed “JB. Gordon” as Governor, 1p. oblong quarto, January 19, 1889, Atlanta, Georgia, confirming a commission for S.J. Chesnut as a Justice of the Peace. Fine.
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