I received the message below and thought y'all cousins want to check the websites out. David > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: plato@nmol.com > To: otime@hotmail.com > Subject: Gordon > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:31:09 -0600 > > Dear David: > I have looked at your file that is on Worldconnect because > Gen. John > Brown Gordons wife Frances "Fannie" Rebecca Haralson. Her > grandmother > Clara Browning was a ancestor of mine. She Clara married first > David > Culberson he died 1796 and she remarried second Jonathan Anderson > Haralson. Their son Hugh Anderson Haralson was Fannies father. My > mother is a Culberson. > Anyway I have been trying to find some of the GORDON people of > Scotland from your file at a Peerage site in England. I have only > been > able to connect Gordon, Alexander Seton, Earl of Huntly 1st who > married Elizabeth > Gordon from your file to the Hull University file that a professor > there > has online. The URL for Alexander and Elizabeth is > http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal34964 > I was just writing you to send this URL so that you might go > to it > and see the information that is on the site. Maybe you can fit > more of > the Gordon people together from this Peerage site and your file. > > Bye the bye. > Here is some information I have gathered about Gen. John Brown > Gordon. > Served at the battle of "The Bloody Lane at Antietam" September > 1862 was > wounded four times comanded the 6th Alabama. As seen on the > History > Channel program "The Bloody Lane at Antietam". Had a picture and > quotes > of/ from him > > From > http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/letter_bloody_lane_cs.htm#gordon > Confederate Eyewitnesses: Bloody Lane > Colonel John B. Gordon, 6th Alabama Infantry: - "The day was clear > and > beautiful, with scarcely a cloud in the sky. The men in blue . . . > formed in my front, an assaulting column four lines deep. The front > line > came to a �charge bayonets,' the other lines to a �right shoulder > shift.' The brave Union commander, superbly mounted, placed himself > in > front, while his band in rear cheered them with martial music. It > was a > thrilling spectacle. > > "The entire force, I concluded, was composed of fresh troops from > Washington or some camp of instruction. So far as I could see, > every > soldier wore white gaiters around his ankles. The banners above > them had > apparently never been discolored by the smoke and dust of battle. > Their > gleaming bayonets flashed like burnished silver in the sunlight. > With > the precision of step and perfect alignment of a holiday parade, > this > magnificent array moved to the charge, every step keeping time to > the > tap of the deep-sounding drum. As we stood looking upon that > brilliant > pageant, I thought, if I did not say, �What a pity to spoil with > bullets > such a scene of martial beauty!' But there was nothing else to do. > . . > > "I [determined] to hold my fire until the advancing Federals were > almost > upon my lines, and then turn loose a sheet of flame and lead into > their > faces. I did not believe that any troops on earth, with empty guns > in > their hands, could withstand so sudden a shock and withering a > fire. . > > "The stillness was literally oppressive, as in close order, with > the > commander still riding in front, this column of Union infantry > moved > majestically in the charge. In a few minutes they were within easy > range > of our rifles, and some of my impatient men asked permission to > fire. > �Not yet,' I replied. �Wait for the order.' Soon they were so close > that > we might have seen the eagles on their buttons; but my brave and > eager > boys still waited for the order. Now the front rank was within a > few > rods of where I stood. It would not do to wait another second, and > with > all my lung power I shouted �Fire!' " > > From http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/regt_officers.htm > GORDON, John Brown (Jackson; wounded, Sharpsburg; promoted) John > Brown > Gordon formed the 'Raccoon Roughs' and tried to get them into the > Confederate Army in Atlanta, but the Governor of Georgia at the > time > turned them down saying they already had enough fighting men. The > Raccoon Roughs then marched and rode onto Birmingham where they > joined > up with the oversized 6th Alabama. John Brown Gordon was a strong > orator > and rose in rank very fast in the Confederate Army. He commanded > units > eventually in several of the larger conflicts in the East and was > wounded several times. He commanded a Georgia unit at Gettysburg. > He was > given the honor by General Lee of leading the Confederate Army in > the > surrender march at Appomattox. He was one of Lee's favorite > generals. > After the war he became governor of Georgia and was active in the > rebuilding of the South. > > From http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/rpt_jbgordon_7pines.htm > Colonel John Brown GORDON, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Army > Northern > Virginia > MAY 31- JUNE 1, 1862-- Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, Va. > No. 115.� Report of Col. John B. Gordon, Sixth Alabama Infantry, > commanding Rodes� Brigade. > Although Brigadier-General Rodes did not retire from the field in > one > hour and a half after he was wounded, and not until the firing had > entirely ceased, he was compelled from exhaustion to turn over the > command of the brigade. Notified that I was placed in command, I > reported to Major-General Hill for orders. Under his direction I > moved > the brigade about half a mile to the rear, and ordered them to > encamp on > either side of the Williamsburg road, spending nearly the entire > night > with large details from the brigade in nursing the wounded whom the > surgeons had been unable to remove. I was ordered soon after the > firing > began Sunday morning to move the brigade forward to support the > troops > then engaging the enemy on the left of the Williamsburg road and to > prevent the enemy from retaking his earthworks. Moving down by the > right > flank, we met fragments of a regiment which had been routed by the > enemy > retreating, officers and men, at a rapid pace and in great > confusion. > Every effort was made to rally them by appealing to their pride and > patriotism and pointing to the example then being set by the men > who had > borne the burden of the day before. Rebuked by Major-General Hill, > who > was passing at the time, a few of them formed in rear and followed > the > brigade to the position designated by General Hill. Forming a line > around the front of the abatis, on the left of the road, this > position > was held, in constant expectation of being called into action, > until we > were relieved by the brigade of General Colston. Among the articles > captured by this brigade was a flag, since turned over to the > proper > authorities; the order-book of Colonel Bailey, First New York > Artillery, > and the orders and correspondence of General Casey. Among the > latter was a letter to Secretary Stanton in reference to the means > to be > adopted to hold the Confederate States in subjection when > conquered. > This letter has since been published. I inclose herewith a list of > the > casualties of each command of the brigade. I am, very respectfully, > major, your obedient servant, > J. B. GORDON, Col., Comdg. Third Brig., Third Div., Army of > Northern > Virginia. > > O.R.�SERIES I�VOLUME XI/1 [S# 12] > MAY 31- JUNE 1, 1862-- Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, Va. > HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ALABAMA REGIMENT, > Near Richmond, Va., June 7, 1862. > MAJOR: > In accordance with orders from brigade headquarters I have to > report > that on the morning of the 31st ultimo I moved my regiment across > to the > Williamsburg road by the left flank, and having reminded them of > the > proclamation of the infamous Butler and of the fate which awaited > us if > defeated, deployed them as skirmishers in front of the brigade, > with the > left resting on the road. They were moved forward as the > skirmishers > from the brigade of General Garland, deployed on the left of the > road, > approached my left flank. This forward movement was difficult and > fatiguing in the extreme, and can only be appreciated by a > knowledge of > the fact that the guide, in order to move with General Garland�s > skirmishers, was thrown necessarily on the left, where the woods > impeded > the march much less than on the right and center. Passing through > swamps > and dense underbrush, these portions of the line came not > unfrequently > in contact with hedges of briers so tall and dense as to render it > necessary for the skirmishers to file around them and retake their > places in line by the double-quick. The enemy�s advanced posts were > first reached and attacked by General Garland�s skirmishers, then > by my > left, then by my center, and finally by my right, demonstrating > that the > enemy�s line did not extend across the Williamsburg road at right > angles, but nearly parallel to the general course of the > Chickahominy > River. As my skirmishers entered the open field in which the enemy > had > erected his earthworks a regiment was moved up in line of battle > covering my left wing. Upon this regiment I ordered a forward > movement > under their fire, in order to get within easy range for my rifles. > A few > rounds were exchanged and they retired to their intrenchments. From > the > woods in front of my right and center and on the left of the > enemy�s > works he had by this time thrown forward one or two regiments, > protected > by a heavy rail fence. My skirmishers were immediately ordered > forward > until within easy range, and then, lying down behind stumps and > logs, > they poured a most deadly fire for some minutes into the solid > ranks of > the enemy, when, re-enforced and assisted by the Twelfth Alabama > Regiment, this line of the enemy was also driven under cover of the > woods. Under this fire from the enemy some of my best officers and > many > men fell. Captain Fox, Company E, no less brave than accomplished, > was > killed; Capt. A.M. Gordon, Company D, seriously wounded. The > brigade was > now being formed in line of battle just in rear of my line of > skirmishers, when, upon application to General Rodes, I was ordered > to > form my regiment on the right of the brigade and charge with it the > enemy�s earthworks. These were soon occupied by the brigade. Here > the > troops on my left halted, but the order not having reached me, my > regiment moved on into the enemy s camps and captured a stand of > colors. > Here an incident occurred which, though insignificant in itself, is > worthy of record, as evincing the spirit of the brave men under my > command. Ordered back to form on the brigade, I moved by the > right-about > until I reached > my position, when, anxious to screen my men as soon as possible, I > ordered them to lie down. A charge on the abatis and swamp was soon > ordered. The command was given, "Forward (and pausing for the men > to > rise), march." The entire regiment rose promptly and began the > march to > the rear under their conception of the order. Impressed with the > importance of arresting the movement at once I galloped about > equidistant between my line and that of the enemy, and called to my > men > by word and gesture to move on the enemy. Promptly facing about, > and > exclaiming from one end of the line to the other that the order was > misunderstood, they moved at double-quick with such impetuosity > that the > enemy fled from his hiding places before us. Falling back, however, > upon > a second line, he poured a most terrific fire upon my ranks. > > In this charge my fearless and efficient field officers, > Lieutenant-Colonel Willingham and Major Nesmith, fell, nobly doing > their > whole duty. To me their loss at this trying hour was great > indeed�to the > regiment it is almost irreparable. Having had my horse killed just > as I > neared the abatis work, I was forced to discharge my subsequent > duties > on foot. Entering the swamp, covered in water 2 or 3 feet deep, in > which > the vines, briers, and felled timber made an almost impassable > barrier, > we were driving the enemy steadily before us, when he suddenly > moved > upon my right flank a strong force bearing Confederate battle-flags > and > enfiladed my entire line. My adjutant was ordered immediately off > to ask > for support, but was shot down. Messenger after messenger was then > dispatched to urge the troops in rear of my right to move down to > my > support. This brigade, although within sight and but a few hundred > yards > distant, failed to give me any assistance whatever. Prompt succor > would > have enabled us to have driven the enemy, already fleeing in my > front, > entirely from the abatis, and have saved to the service one-half of > my > fallen. But to protect my right and rear it now became necessary to > change the front of my right company (A), under the command of > Capt. > Thomas H. Bell, than whom a more gallant officer never gave his > life for > love of country. In a sheet of fire and within a few rods of > overwhelming numbers this company stood until the last officer and > non-commissioned officer, except 1 corporal and 44 of the 56 men > carried > into action, had fallen. Yet when General Rodes gave the order for > this > regiment to fall back the few survivors were loading and firing, > all > undaunted, amid their fallen comrades. In my judgment history does > not > record an instance of greater courage and more steadiness of nerve > than > was exhibited by this entire regiment. Contending from the first > with > superior numbers, flanked on the right and unsupported by reserves, > officers and men falling thick and fast, if not killed possibly to > drown > in the water in which they stood, there was no sign of wavering in > any > portion of the line. > > Two field officers had fallen, three companies had not an officer > spared, four others had but one, and more than half of these brave > men > had fallen, when, under orders, they retired to the enemy�s > intrenchments in the rear. It is impossible in a report of this > kind to > mention the many instances of individual heroism exhibited during > the > day. Of Captains Flournoy and McCarty, of each man and officer who > fell, > I can say he died at his post. > I am, very respectfully, major, your obedient servant, > J. B. GORDON, > Colonel Sixth Alabama Regiment. > > From: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html > Gordon, John Brown (1832-1904) of Atlanta, Ga. Born in Upson > County, > Ga., February 6, 1832. General in the Confederate Army during the > Civil > War; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1873-1880, 1891-1897; Governor of > Georgia, 1886-1890. Died in Miami, Fla., January 9, 1904. Interment > at > Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. (See also his congressional > biography.) > > From: > http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000313 > GORDON, John Brown, 1832-1904 > Years of Service: 1873-1880; 1891-1897 > Party: Democrat; > Democrat GORDON, John Brown, a Senator from Georgia; born in Upson > County, Ga., February 6, 1832; attended private schools and the > University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; was admitted to the > bar in > 1853 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; engaged in coal > mining; > upon the outbreak of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as > captain of Infantry and rose to lieutenant general; resumed the > practice > of law in Atlanta, Ga.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for > Governor > in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1873; > reelected in 1879 and served from March 4, 1873, until May 26, > 1880, > when he resigned to promote the building of the Georgia Pacific > Railroad; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-sixth Congress); > Governor of Georgia 1886-1890; again elected to the United States > Senate > and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897; declined to be a > candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Coastal Defenses > (Fifty-third Congress); engaged in lecturing and literary work; > died in > Miami, Fla., January 9, 1904; interment in Oakland Cemetery, > Atlanta, > Ga. > > Bibliography > DAB; Culpepper, Grady S. �The Political Career of John Brown > Gordon, > 1868 to 1897.� Ph.D. dissertation, Emory University, 1981; Eckert, > Ralph > L. John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American. Baton Rouge: > Louisiana State University Press, 1989. > > Fannie is suppose to have gone with John during the Civil War > and > when he was shot nursed him back to health. From a Haralson > genealogy > book. > Frances Rebecca Haralson > She was born September 1837 at LaGrange, Georgia and died 1931 > at > Atlanta, Georgia. She married 18 September 1854 to John Brown > Gordon > who was born 6 february 1832 and died 9 January 1904. He was the > son of > Zachary Herndon Gordon and Mitilda Cox Gordon. He was the Governor > of > Georgia 1886-90 having been born in Upson county. He served with > distinction in the Civil War as a General. He was wonded five > times at > Sharpsburg in 1862. He was carried from the field and was nursed > back > to life by his wife Fannie who accompanied the army to be near her > husband. After the farewell to the army of northern Virginia by > General > Lee, he told the troops to bear their trial bravely, to go home, > keep > the peace, obey the laws, rebuild the country and work for the weal > and > harmony of the republic. He served as U.S. Senator 1873-79 and was > re-elected in 1879 but resigned in 1880 to promote the building of > the > Georgia Pacific railroad. Elected again as Senator 1891-97. They > had > five children. ((Does not list childen)) > > > Have fun take care. Plato > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/