The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10
Went Forth to the War at Head of an Alabama
 Company.
Rose to Lieutenant General and Achieved Fame in Many Hard Fought Battles-In Peace, He Sought to Heal the
 Wounds Left by the
 Eratricidal Strife.

Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9.-Lieutenant Gem eral John Brown Gordon died at his win ter home near Miami. Fla, at lO:Vo to- night. His fatal illness which overlook him last Wednesday was congestion or the stomach and liver. following an acute attack of indigestion to which he was subject.
 General Gordon was born in Upson County, Ga., July 6, 1Sa3. of Scotch an- Sestry, which had prominent part in the Revolutionary war. Youne Gordon grad uated from the Georgia State University in 1852 and a few months later was ad- mitted to the practice of law. Early in 1881 he enlisted in the volunteer Confed- crate service and was elected captain of his company, the "Raccoon Rangers" of the 9th Alabama. General Gordon was citizen of Alabama at the outbreak of the war, being engaged in mining in Jackson County. With his company he was mustered into the Confederate army fin Montgomery. His promotion was rap i'd, being made major and in December. 1881, he became lieutenant colonel of his regiment. Next he commanded the 9th Alabama and then was made a hrigadier. being in command of the 3rd, 9th and eth Alabama regiments. .s.'.....--''.
 Fought Many Fights. .,...-...
 He participated in the struggle on the peninsula. had part In the battle at .Mal. vern HiEi and was commissioned bTjgadier general Nevember. 1ss9. He held a colls- tnand at CnanceIlorsvflie and in the Pann- sylvania campaign. He was at the hattie Of Gettysburg. the battle of the Wilder. ness, at spottsylvania court house. In May. 1861. he was promoted to be major general and took part in the important
  of the Civil War.
 His bearing was characterized by boIdness and dash which made him the idol of his soldiers.
 In an official report of General D. H. Hin General Gordon was characterized as '"rhe CEevalier Bayard of the Confed- eracy."
 When hostilities were ended, he called his men about him and advised them to bear the trial of defeat, to go home in peace, obey the laws and rebuild the wasted country
 He has taken a prominent part in the councils os his party since 1866. He was a candidate for Governor of Georgia fin 1888 and in 1873 and 1879 was elected to the United States Senate.
 Resigning that position in 1880 he par- ticipated actively in building the Georgia Pacific Railroad. In 1886 and 1888 he was elected Governor of Georgia, and in 1890 entered again the United States Senate for the full term. Since his retirement from political activity. he has devoted much of his time to featuring, presenting to the North as we'll as the South his fla nous lecture upon "The Last Days of the Confederacy."
 Commander of Confederates.
 Since the organization of the United Cnnfadarafa sition of its commander in chief and his frequent re-elections to that position have testified to the warmth of affection in which he has been held in the South,
 Unconscious All Day.
 General Gordon had been unconscious nearly all day The beginning of the end occurred this afternoon, serious coronIi- cations setting in and by night his nhv- s1icans had abandoned all hope. as his Kidneys refused to secrete and the symp- toms or uraemfc poisoning were very de- cided. His death was quiet. He fell peacefully to sleep and all was over. Gen. eral Gordon became i'll Wednesday after noon with acute indigestion, lie had suffered from the same trouble in Mis- sissipoi many months ago. At II o'clock Thursday morning consultation of doc tors was held and it was found that he was critically i'll. His son, Major Hugh Gordon. who resides at Biscayne, was with him. A telegram was sent to his daughter, Mrs. Burton Smith of Atlanta, calling her to his bedside. She was with him when he died. General Gordon grew steadily worse until today when he was unconscious most of the time General Gordon's body will be shipped to his home at KirkwoOd, rear Atlanta, Ga. tomorrow night, reaching Atlanta Monday after noon.
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 eral of General Gordon have as yet been Q made. His body will be brought to At. lanta tomorrow evening, and will reach here Monday evening. The remains will lie in state in the Capitol but within what hours is not yet known. Command. CT Clement A. Evans of the GeorRia di, vision, United Confederate Veterans. has issued call to all veterans in the Soutf To attend the funeral and an effort is tr be made tomorrow to secure reduced railroad rates from all points to At. Ianta.
 Governor Terrell will issue a proclaim ation tomorrow calling upon all citi zens to observe the day of the funeral in an appropriate manner, draping theil homes and places of business, to plact all flags o1 the public buildings within the State It half mast and to observ, other marksN of respect.
 It is probable that large number ot military orga 9izauons of Georgia ant neighborinf Stttes will have part in tn. funeral which will be one of the mos Imposing cerem,nies of the time that has taken place fin the South since the close of the CivilNWar.
 A writer in the Atlanta Journal has the following:
 Probably no character in public life was more universally loved than General Cor.