The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10


tuine III oil tile cna,ny's flank. and BY
brilliant cllatge his brigade Of only LOO
{nltiskets putt liors de co,n,at IN less thnh
4 an liot,r ut teist 4,ttD VI Tie enemy. Af'
tei the 1iettrn OF Lees army from Gnttys-
Burg and thelrslong rest along this Inns
Of. the Rapidah,t Gordon was n prominent
actor III those great rovivals which swept
through the cAtrlps ana resulted III tne
( ttofessed conversion ana PUBLIC hcknoWl-
setlgnieht rf fn tlian, Christ OF over lo,oto
or Lees soldiers. Gordon not only helped
I the cllnplniiis and missionaries ~ every
way In his power, md wrote letters 70
religious newspapers Urging tho sending
or moro claplaitls and missionaries to the
army, but lie cUtld be frcquently seen N
the meeting ''sturdlng UP for 1os,is."
and eloducntiy pleading with the men TO
come to Christ or with his arms around
some ragged privnte pointing oiit to hin
..tl1e way az life" Or the ltrge numher
OF Christian officers In tho Army or
Northern virginia. Leo, Jackson, Stuart.
~. H. Hill, IGwcll, Fender. Scales, Battle,
pendleton, 6. A. Evans, Colquitt, and
Others, Gordon was ono Of the most nc-
lively useful, nndi,nis Influence vas wldo.
" felt
In the cnmpuign OF 1861 Gordon greatly
( distinguished Sl,ilnsclf on the 9th or May
by checking, sand then driving back In
confuslon the Federal force which had
derentcd Iwell,s advance brigade, and
on tho evening OF the 9th he executed
a brilliant flank movement which drove
back for over mile, IN great contu-
Sion, tho Sixth Corps OF Grants army,
captured 1000 prisoners tnmong them
two brigadier-generals), ana was only
sloppcd by the darkness Of the 'ght.g
After tho battles Of tho Wilderness l,o
was promoted and put In charge OF a
division, nhd at Snotsylvania Courthouse,
or the 18th OF May, ho seized the bride
Of General Lees horse, seeing that ms
CHER was about to lend the charge, and
exclaimed: General Lee, these nrc VIZ
}Eininns, Gcorgnns. North Cnrolinians ard
Louisianians. They have never failed re.
fore, and they will not fall now! WIZ
you mon? Is, It, necessary Tor Genera
Lee to lead this charge?
mo! Nol".burst from the llne Gem
4 eral Lee to they roar, and we will 80 to
the 'front.' Lee to tho rear! Lee to the
renr!"@ &
An officer soized the bride of "Trav-
cler,', Leo war horse. and led him TO tho
rear. the clarion voice Of Gordon rang
out Forward! Remember your promise
to General Leo! II eyes are upon your
Charge!
Gordon led the charge In person, and
it Is no tlspnragement to the brave men ,
who met then1 to say that they SWEPT
everything. efore them, and restored tho,
Confederate lineup to the "Bloody angle
for no troops could have resisted that
charge led by John Gordon under the
eye OF Robert Il. Lee. al
Early's, Right Arm.
"IIe was Harly's fright arm" IN ms us
campaign, and at the Monocacyis4lt WIS
no vtc
General Lew 5Vallnce. and did It 50 he t u
tifully that l3reckinridge said to him;
Gordon IL you had never made a fight
before tiis ought to imn,ortallze YOU
At Cedar Creek, on tho l9thi:osf Octo.
Der. 1854, Gordonled the movement when
surprised Sheridnn's camps and won the
brilliant victory Sof. the morning.
PeingS put In The command of the ola
Second Corps-or, rather. the renn rem nan
OF that superb corps which sJacN SON
Ewell and EARLY had 50 often ted e"
victory-lie III was sent 70 p g a,s US,
wfare he serYed, for time on Lee ,t,e, s. e..
IRENE right flank; was then put the:
lines Just south of the APPROXIMATIONS and
OF March o5 Eli 1861. executed that bril-
liant attack OF flares Hill captured Fort
stedn1an, arg would have driven n. the.
Yin y IL tlfiat parr OF Grants line had
ror his supports failed him: ~, .'s. = :
3siOn, that last day az. AppomattoS t,or.
don, : who mad bccl put In command OF
one wing -of Lee 8 1afmy, and Fitz Leo.
IN command Of the cavnlry, attacked
sLeridan's corps with a bare three thou.
sand men, drove him nearly two miles,
capturing prisoners and two pieces OF
artillery, when they ran up against the
Army of the James, under General
Crd, and Gordon sent General Lee that
famous message: II have fought my old
corps to a mere frazzel, and can do moth
ing more unless heavily supported by
Lorgstreet."
Gordon was one of the commissioners
who made tho final arrangements to