is his name pronounced Jordan or Jurdan? Abigail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Stuart" <kstu@loc.gov> To: <JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:22 AM Subject: [JORDAN] Re: Brig. General Thomas J. Jordan, Confederate States of America > >From _The Civil War Dictionary_ by Mark M. Boatner (New York, 1959): > > "JORDAN, Thomas. C.S.A. gen 1819-95. Va. USMA 1840 (41/42); Inf. A > roommate of W. T. Sherman at West Point, he fought in the Seminole War and > the Mexican War, and served on the frontier in Indian fighting. He > resigned 21 May '61 as Capt. and was commissioned Lt. Col. of > Va. troops. Serving as Adj. Gen. at 1st Bull Run, he was Beauregard's > Chief of Staff at Shiloh, in the Corinth campaign, and the operations > around Charleston, remaining in this post until the end of the war...." > > Virtually any public library will have this book in its reference > collection. He's probably also in Ezra J. Warner's _Generals in Gray, > Lives of the Confederate Commanders_. (There's a companion _Generals in > Blue_ if anyone's interested.) > > Karen Stuart > > > ==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html > some JORDAN resources - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/surnames/jordan/ > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > >