General Gordon, born in Upson County, Ga., February 6th, 1832. He was educated at the University of Georgia, studied law and was admitted to the bar, but had practiced only a short time when he entered the Confederate army as a captain of infantry. He rose successively to the rank of lieutenant general. He commanded one wing of Lee's army at Appomatox Court House, and was wounded in battle eight times during the war.- Frank Leslie, 1896