Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-01-20

stopped by the darkness of the
night.
After the battles ot the Wilder
ness he was promoted and put in
charge of division. and at Spot
sylvania Courthouse on the 18th of
May. he seized the bride of Gen
eral Lees horse, seeing that his
chief was about TO lead the charge.
and exclaimed: General Lee, these
are Virginians, Georgians, North
Carolinians and Louisianians. They
have never failed before, and they
will not fail now, VIII YOU. meng
Is it necessary for General Lee to
lead this charged
mo, No.' burst from the line.
General Lee to the rear. and we
will go to the front, Lee To the
rear, Lee to the rear," An Off
Ger seized the bride of 'Traveler."
Lees war horse, and led him To the
rear. The clarion voice of Cor
don rang out, Forward, Remem-
Der your promise to General Lee,
His eyes are upon YOU, Charge,
Gordon led the charge in per-
son, and it is no disparagement to
the brave men who met them to
say that they swept everything be-
fore them, and restored the Confed-
crate line to the Bloody Angle, for
no troops could have resisted that
charge led by John b. Gordon un-
der the eve of Robert +. Lee.
He was Early's right arm" in
his campaign, and at the Monocacy,
it was his division that won the vic
DRY over General Lew Wallace.
and did it so beautifully that Breck-
inridge said to him: Gordon, if
YOU had never made fight before.
this ought to immortalize you.
At Cedar Greek on the 10Th of Oc-
tober, 1864, Gordon led the move
ment which surprised Sheridan :
camps. and won the brilliant vic
tory of the morning.
Being put in command of the
old Second Corps or rather the
remnant of that superb Corps
which jackson, Ewell and Early
had so often led to victory he was
semitic Petersburg, where he served
for a time on Lees extreme right
flank; was then put in the line.
Just south of the AppomattOx, and
on March 25th, 1865. executed that
brilliant attack on Hare's Hill
captured Fort Stedman. and would
have driven in the whole Of thai
part of Grants line had not hi,
support failed him.
On that last day at Appomat
tOx Gordon, who had been put il
command of one wing of Lee.
army, and Fitz Lee. in command
of the cavalry. attacked Sheridan.
corps with a bare three Thousand
men, drove him nearly two miles
/ capturino prisoners and two Dieces
of artillery, when they ran NJ
against the Army of the James.
under General Ord, and Gordon
sent General Lee that famous mes
sage: Il have fought my old corp.
OF a mere FRAGILE, and can dO moth
ing more unless heavily supported
by Longstreet."
Gordon was one of the com
missioners who made the arrange
ments to carry out the terms o
surrender upon which General lie,
and Grant had agreed.
In parting with his old com
rades he made a thrillingly eloquen
and pathetic speech, which ha
fingered in their memories an,
hearts ever since.
His career since the war ha
been a brilliant success. Declin
ing the use of his name as a candi
date for Governor of Georgi
against r. B. Bullock, he was yc
triumphantly elected, though cour
ted out by reconstruction machir
, cry"
He was elected United State
Senator in 1873, and again in ISL!
, and resigned in 1880 in order
raise money to build the Georgi
, Pacific Railway. He was electe
T Governor of Georgia in 1856, an
, reelected in 1888, and in 1890 /
was again elected to the Unite
n States Senate, and at the eXpir;
: ton of his term he declined +,