Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
srS,roE JOHN b. GORDON.
o, whom the Mantle of stone
rae all Jackson Fell.

,,..on whom the Mantle OF stone
re wall Jackson Fell.
.fsglIf1i and dashing mill
with frequent promotions
.is ---.-.rv lowing fame; seven
.-- conduct as United
..- Gem Georgia, terminated
So ....-. and busy career since
-.-.-.- 1r southern material de-
saws H.J.B in the Philadel-
.-. Tie bare summary Of the
20 ..r. Gordon within twenty
-...--. It's an imperfect outline
which has blended heTOism
..r-.-,. and which lose nothing
re-7 because OF IT'S fullness
acuIeFement. GOTcOn was
years oll I'D Lsol' ana Tour
AuuamattOX, he surrender
bees army As the name OF
.k,un had thrilled the
.4-t iu the summer OF 1867,
--u-llue Of victory u eXpel
reFerses OF the previous
spring. 30 in the last deS-
.-ll hopeless struggle with
FL ..lrI- Gordon, Of Georgia"
-..-, tsIi-mau OF hope To the anN-
whose hopes Of independent
-.--ed upon the bayOnets Of
.-...raf lattaliOns. The Rich
..t-rluars, when Grant was
..- l--ion4 for the Sp0ttsylva-
I'd. sighed for the Inspiration
..tarant o. Lee, who should be
.-mluder the thunderbOlt that
..t-a- li BEEN
f- In hour OF StOuewall Jackson.
XXI. t.v of our dead DUNDEE said
80 ErIMlHer, and the lnyOca-
..a..f 81. Dee answered when, on the
rH4s. $50. Gordon, then Brigadier
utl 4 commission only twelve
.-.l- dashed upon the Union flank
.,.tl--.t prisoners numbering more
r.- .vr Dtire command. and, for "A
threatened the integrity Of the
rr-ar --tlts right wing. Previously
..r.f uau his spurs on dozen bloody
$50 Ir -a. seven days battles, when
...-.I .. infantry, he was tue synOnym
,-l--.-...l- daring, and at Antietam he
80 .. l--, against the gallant as
l.-.r.r. MON column, vital part G
I-.- ..r.. until the shock and exhaustion
rr-- Ls- painful wounds LETT him
sr.r-.. ~ Fredericksburg, in May,
"a es- in the saddle again, and at
--us-rl.- gortOu'5 genius and v2lOr
- ave whatever light there ls to
-ua-. lues OF that field, 50 fatal TO
u4 aud the COniederdcy. In 1854
s-.I ..ll-e gave hlm the title OF ''Heru
.Fae..i.p" after the defeat of Wallace
iE.-f. rush from the valley upon W ASH
tr HIl had called him the Bay
ffaI t-a-s Army in 1867. At the eli.
as 81 me war II was still Gordon who
So The front, and at AppOmattoX II
Wa Gordon. typical 10 the last Of The
a#ltriug YalOr Of Lees army, wht
,...I 1000 men ready TO make a fina
ss- up0n Sheridan's lines. when TIE tia-
truce chez ed the assault and signaiet
negotiations that initiated the sur
Elar Of Lees army % its four years
.aelnist.
SO uu came 70 the Senate in 1873
err over two eminent GeOrgians, Alex
s-eT 81 stephens and Benjamin IL. Till.
Frr te resigned after "a reelection,
a7 leans joined Democrats in regrets
!. d. r-Hlement from public life of a use
r Senator. The gallant Confederate
t-....r Ras the patriotic American SEN
- l, handing the respect % the
f l.s elf-re5pecting vet cheerful
Iu whatever of new duties
q -Hu the war imposed upon all
American citizens.
,ifes his retirement from the Senate,
rG Gordon has projected the GeOT-
Is Paudc Railroad, and u his energy
r perseverance is due the fact that for
s+srIy a. miles that trunk line is now in
/. fso.--tll operation. his most recent
-t5rrr.-e Is the continuation of a trunk
1s through TIE Florida Peninsula to
taFrut % the American coast closest
a. Host a-lessiIle 20 the West Indies.