John Brown Gordon
Soldier, Southerner, American
John Brown Gordon's career of prominent public service spanned four of America's most turbulent decades. Born in Upson County, Georgia, in 1832, Gordon practiced law in Atlanta and, in the years immediately preceding the Civil War, developed coal mines in northwest Georgia. In 1861, he responded to the Confederate call to arms by raising a company of volunteers. His subsequent rise from captain to corps commander was unmatched in the Army of Northern Virginia. He emerged from the Civil War as one of the South's most respected generals, and the reputation that Gordon earned while wearing the gray significantly influenced almost every aspect of…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8071-6495-2
- EAN: 9780807164952
- Produktnummer: 27859180
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 367 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'178 KB
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