Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-08-16
GEN. GEORGE w. GORDON DEAD.
Commander Confederate Veterans
Died at His Home in Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 1O.--Gen.
George w. Gordon. commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Vet
erans, and member Of Congress, died
at his home here at 4 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. His illness dated
from his last political campaign,
when he was reelected to the Ma
tional House-the last general of the
Confederacy to serve in that body.
Weakened by the heat Of the past
I'd hours, and his feeble frame vast
ed by the ravages Of slow illness,
the light Of Gen. Gordon's life grew
DINNER hourly to-day. When, fol-
lowing restless night, he woke
from fitful sleep in the early morn
ing hours, the watchers at his side
saw that the end was but a question
Of hours, perhaps minutes. AS the
end approached, peace seemed to en-
velope his face, for he smiled as with
comforting wo1ds he bade members
Of his family and other relatives
adieu.
George Washington Gordon was
born In Giles county, Tennessee, Oc-
tober S, 1886. In his early boyhood
his parents moved to Texas, and
later to Mississippi, but as youth
he returned to Tennessee and enter
ed the Western Military Academy,
from which he graduated in 1859.
His first activity was as civil engi-
neer
At the outbreak Of the Civil War,
Gen. Gordon enlisted as drill master
of the Eleventh Tennessee Infantry,
c. S. A. Within a few weeks he was
made a captain and was later pro-
noted to be lieutenant-colonel, and
in about year was commissioned
colonel. In 1864 he was named
brigadier-general. He participated
with distinction in a number Of en-
gagements, and at one time was
taken prisoner.
AT the close Of the war Gen. Cor
coming attorney general of this
(Shelby) county. In 1888 he was
appointed a member of the Tennes-
see Railroad Commission, and in
1886 an attache Of the Federal De-
partment Of the Interior, serving
four years in the Indian country. At
the end of President Cleveland's first
term he returned to Memphis and
resumed the practice Of law. He
was elected member of the Sixtieth
Congress from the Tenth Tennessee
District and reelected to the Sixty
first and Sixty-second Congresses.
Gen. Gordon was chosen comman-
der-in-chief Of the United Confede-
rate Veterans at the reunion OF 1910,
at Mobile, Ala. He was reelected
to that position at the 1911 reunion
at Little Rock, Ark, last May.
Gen. Walker in Command.
AS the next senior officer of the
late Gen. George w. Gordon, Lieut.
Gen. c. Irvine Walker, Of Charleston
S. c., assumes command Of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans by orders
issued through the office of VIM. E.
Mickle, adjutant general and chief
Of staff. Gen. Walker paid loving
tribute to the memory Of Gen. Cor.
don and his service as a Confederate
soldier.
The staff Of the late commander
in-chief is continued as the staff OF
Gen. Walker.
After Dead Mans Place.
Hardly had the death Of Gen. Cor
don been announced than candidates
seeking his place In Congress began
announcing themselves. The Cover.
nor will call special election on the
first week in September to elect Gen
Gordons successor. Seven candidates
have already announced.
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