Gen. John B. Gordon

Gen. John B. Gordon is a Georgia historical marker in Taylor County, dedicated 1958.

At the intersection of GA 96 and Gen. John B. Gordon Road in Reynolds.

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General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), CSA, lawyer, statesman, owned this farm, "Beechwood", from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived in "the old John D. Mitchell home"; later, he moved to a nearby small house that is no longer standing. "The most important military figure in the history of Georgia, General Gordon had no training in martial affairs." Elected Captain of a group of mountaineers, he was a Lieutenant General by 1865. After the war, a strong advocate of home rule, he served in the United States Senate.

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1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1837 · Southern States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Gen. John B. Gordon

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