John Brown Gordon

John Brown Gordon was one of the Confederacy's preeminent brave commanders who enlisted as a captain without prior military education and rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He survived sustaining five severe wounds at the Battle of Antietam, earned General Lee's trust, and attended the surrender ceremony at Appomattox representing the army. After the war, he served successively as Governor of Georgia and as a US Senator. As a political leader of the "New South" movement, he vigorously promoted the construction of railway networks and industrialization, contributing significantly to the post-war economic recovery and industrialization of the South.

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Year	John Brown Gordon
1832	Birth of John Brown Gordon (Period: February 6, 1832, Location: Thomaston area, Georgia. However, historical records specify the birth place only as as far as Upson County)
1850	Practice of law and engagement in the coal mining business (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1850s, Location: Atlanta, Georgia and Tennessee)
1851	Studies at the University of Georgia (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1851–1852 approx., Location: Athens, Georgia, United States)
1854	Marriage (John Brown Gordon, Rebecca "Fanny" Haralson, Age: 22 years old, Period: September 18, 1854, Location: "Myrtle Hill", Haralson family estate near LaGrange, Georgia)
1860	Reconstruction-era political activity and racial policies (Age: 27 years old, Period: Late 1860s–1870s, Location: The American South, centered on Georgia)
1861	American Civil War (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1861–1865, Location: North Carolina, Virginia, etc.) Enlistment in the Confederate Army (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1861, Location: The American South)
1862	Battle of Seven Pines (Age: 30 years old, Period: May 31 – June 1, 1862, Location: Near Richmond, Virginia)
1863	Battle of Gettysburg (Age: 31 years old, Period: July 1–3, 1863, Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
1864	Battle of the Wilderness and promotion to major general (Age: 32 years old, Period: May 1864, Location: Vicinity of Spotsylvania County, Virginia) 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (Age: 32 years old, Period: June–October 1864, Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Maryland, and vicinity of Washington, D.C.)
1865	Attack on Fort Stedman (Age: 33 years old, Period: March 25, 1865, Location: Petersburg, Virginia) Surrender at Appomattox (Age: 33 years old, Period: April 9–12, 1865, Location: Appomattox Court House, Virginia)
1868	1868 Georgia gubernatorial election (John Brown Gordon, Age: 35 years old, Period: 1868, Location: State of Georgia, United States)
1880	Political scandal surrounding his Senate resignation (John Brown Gordon, Age: 47 years old, Period: 1880, Location: State of Georgia, United States)
1886	Election as Governor of Georgia (John Brown Gordon, Age: 53 years old, Period: 1886–1890, Location: State of Georgia, United States)
1890	First Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1890–1904, Location: The American South)
1903	Publication of "Reminiscences of the Civil War" (Age: 70 years old, Period: 1903, Location: United States)
1904	Death of John Brown Gordon (Age: 71 years old, Period: January 9, 1904)

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