The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-14
GEN. John 3. GORDON.
Dies at His Winter Home Near Miami,
Fla. After Brief Illness.


him last Wednesday was con
gestion of the stomach and liver, |
following an acute attack of in
digestion.
General Gordon was horn in
Epson county, Georgia, July 6, |
1882, Of Scotch ancestry, which |
had a prominent part in the |
revolutionary war Young Cor
don graduated from the Georgia |
State University in 1852, and a
few months later was admitted |
to the practice of law. Early in
1861, he Unlisted in the volunteer
Confederate service. and was
elected captain of his company.
He rose rapidly by promotion
to be Northumberland of the
Sixth Alabama infantry in De
cember, 1861. He participated |
in the struggle on the peninsula,
had part in the battle at Malvern
Hill, and was commissioned
brigadier- general NOvember1 1862.
He was in command at Chancel-
louisville and in the Pennsylvania
campaign. He was at the battle
Of Gettysburg, the battle of the
Wilderness, and at SpOttsylvania
court house. In May, 1864, he
was promoted to be major gen
eral and took part in the import
ant battles which marked the
closing scenes of the civil war.
His bearing was characterized
by a holiness and a dash which
made him the idol of his soldiers.
In an official report he was
characterized as The Chevalier
of General D. H. Hill, General
Gordon Bayard of the Con
federacy.
When the 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 prominent part
in the councils of his party since
1866. He was a candidate for
governor of Georgia in 1868, and
in 1873 and 1879 was elected to
the United States senate. Re
signing that position in 1880, he
participated actively in building
the GeOrgia-Pacific railroad.
In 1886 and 1888 he was elected
governor of Georgia, and in 1890
again entered the United States
senate for the full term. Since
his retirement from political
activity he has devoted much of
his time to lecturing, presenting
to the north, as well as the south,
his famous lecture upon The
Last Days of the Confederacy.
Since the organization of the
United Confederate Veterans he
has held the position of its com
mander -in-chief, and his frequent
reflections to that position have
testified to the warmth of affec-
ton in which he has been held
in the South.
His body was sent to Atlanta
Sunday evening, reaching there
Monday evening.
Governor Terrell issued a
proclamation calling upon all
citizens to observe the day OF
the funeral in an appropriate
manner. draping their homes
and places of business; to place
all flags on public buildings
within the State at half-mast,
aud to observe other marks oil
respect.
1t is probable that a large
number of military organizations
of Georgia and neighborine
States will have part in the fu
neral, which viii be one of the
most imposing ceremonies of the
kind that has taken place in the
South since the close of the
civil war.
General Gordon had been un
conscious all day Saturday. The
beginning of the end occurred
Saturday evening, serious com
pications setting in, and by
night his physicians had aband
oned all hope, as his kidneys. re
fused to secrete, and the symp
toms of uraemic poisoning were
very decided. His death was