. Gordon's experiences in the Civil War : from his narrative, letters and diary . From a photograph by M. Hori, Kyoto, Japan, about 1890. Autographfrom letter of January 17, 1900 John A. Gordon facing page 3 From a daguerreotype, 1854—57. Autograph from letter of April 15, 1889 Rebecca S. Crawford 4 From a daguerreotype prior to 1853. Autograph from album o/~1840 M. L. Gordon as a Boy 6 From a daguerreoti/pe Private M. L. Gordon, 1861 8 From a photograph by Brady, Washington, Lieutenant John A. Gordon io From a photograph John A. Gordons Sword, Spur, and Hatchet-Head 12 Map of Charle
. Gordon's experiences in the Civil War : from his narrative, letters and diary . From a photograph by M. Hori, Kyoto, Japan, about 1890. Autographfrom letter of January 17, 1900 John A. Gordon facing page 3 From a daguerreotype, 1854—57. Autograph from letter of April 15, 1889 Rebecca S. Crawford 4 From a daguerreotype prior to 1853. Autograph from album o/~1840 M. L. Gordon as a Boy 6 From a daguerreoti/pe Private M. L. Gordon, 1861 8 From a photograph by Brady, Washington, Lieutenant John A. Gordon io From a photograph John A. Gordons Sword, Spur, and Hatchet-Head 12 Map of Charleston Harbor 14 From a sketch by M. L. Gordon, 1888-90 M. L. Gordons Warrant as Sergeant 16 M. L. Gordons Warrant as Acting Sergeant-Major 18 Sergeant M. L. Gordon, November, 1864 20 From a photograph by Evans, Norfolk, ffrginia John A. Gordons Commission as Captain 30 John A. Gordons Shoulder-Straps— M. L. Gordons Cap-Strap 40 M. L. Gordons Diary 53 Size of original 3* 5% inches M. L. Gordons Discharge 58 Map of James River 65 From a xvar-time sketch by M. L. Gordon T^ART^ATIVE. EXPERIENCES IN THE CIVIL WAR I WAS born in a white frame-house in Waynesburg [Pennsyl-vania], July 18,1843. Among my earliest recollections are thoseof going to school to my father,1 learning to read in McGuffeysFirst Reader. About the same time my mother2 woke me up onemorning by telling me that my father had joined the Sons of Tem-perance (in which he was quite active); and a little later she told methat he had enlisted for the Mexican War. The company was notaccepted, however, and so the family had no part in a war which wasthen very popular with us, but which history does not speak veryhighly about. The return of the few who went from Waynesburg inother companies is also one of my early recollections. From infancy I was taken to church and Sunday School. At thattime my father was a teacher of a Bible Class for adults, which meton Sunday afternoons, and I can remember going with him andlistening
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