. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . elieved of thecommand of the Trans-Alleghany Department injNIarch, 1865, after a defeat by Custer. After thewar he practised law. He refused to take the oathof allegiance to the L^nited States, and died inLynchburg, Virginia, jNIarch 2, 1891. He is recog-nized as one of the ablest of the Confederate gen-erals. Lieutenant-Genee.\l John Brown Gordonwas bom in LTpson County, Georgia, February 6,1832. He became a lawyer, but entered the Con-federate ser\ice as lieutenant-colonel of an Ala-bama regiment, and rose to the rank of lieu-ten
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . elieved of thecommand of the Trans-Alleghany Department injNIarch, 1865, after a defeat by Custer. After thewar he practised law. He refused to take the oathof allegiance to the L^nited States, and died inLynchburg, Virginia, jNIarch 2, 1891. He is recog-nized as one of the ablest of the Confederate gen-erals. Lieutenant-Genee.\l John Brown Gordonwas bom in LTpson County, Georgia, February 6,1832. He became a lawyer, but entered the Con-federate ser\ice as lieutenant-colonel of an Ala-bama regiment, and rose to the rank of lieu-tenant-general before the close of the war. He wasbrigade and division commander in the Army ofNorthern Virginia, and was prominent in the Sec-ond Army Corps during Earhs campaign in theShenandoah valley. He was at the head of theSecond Corps after January 31, 1865, and was incommand of the left wing at the time of Leessurrender. After the war, he became prominent inGeorgia politics and was United States senatorfrom that State, 1873-1880, and in 1891-1897. 248]. ALEXANDER PETER STEWART NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST A Leader in Every Great Campaign The American Murat and the Kingfrom Shiloh to Bentonville. of Mounted Raiders. JOSEPH WHEELER Masterfid as Well as Indefatigableand Indomitable Leader of Cavalry. LIEUTENANT-GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERACY—GROITP No. 3
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