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S' --- - .._.__ ^ . 4jl : IGQBOBM AT CHJGAfvlAUGA. [7f-iio 8ss f 1nv e ti- of A1 i tho Survi-v i mv L o n tg a e r ai eGordon was the centrahfigure of the. ■convention and of the reunion. Of allthe livme ex-confederates to day he is*easily the first general officer in the affections of the rank and file. .He was the John A._I,bgnn of the south the t'rfeat volunteer general in the ser-vice ol ibe confederacy. The southern •States were iuil of West Pointers when the war c-.no.* on. .vlffitarv education was esteemed more highly a prerequisite for promotion in the confederateservice than in the union army. Jefferson Davis-had graduated at WestfnV*rlt;hslt;ctcsi*11tlttlPoint, and served in the regular ai my, and had been seciet/.ry of war. He had the usual West Point prejudice astninst the volunteer officer. PutV yGordon, going at the head of a com -pany,;rore by hard fighting and merits as a commander to the rank o*. lieutenant-genet al.-Gordon is a fine-looking man. The deep scar just below the left eye adds to. the strong til of the face rat nor than disfigures. Nature gave him a better “settine up” than lie could have ac-quired at West Point, and he “looksevery inch a soldier,” The scar is one of five rci.iiniscenes of Antetam which he carries. In that battle he was onas;dusP0tlt;s1eetlotlthe frort line encouraging his menwhen ,a minie bail ploughed through the calf of his leg. Without stopping even upbandugc, he kept on. A ball we:il 11 ■ rcu :;h a 1 I111 e h.i gher and two9red streams trickled down. Then lie was shot through live left arm, arid a lew moments afterward a furrow wasl t.i r a e d i lt;1 i i s ? 1o u 1 d c r.k*r,r; on and fire fast, boys. I’m not going to leave you,’’ he said, he saw ins men looking anxiously at his uripmng wounds. Then the fifthj i •*j’bail struck him fairly in the* face, crash: i-o ihrouah th.e cheek bone. Gordon was carried off the field-foradead, lie was so far gone that he did,not know what was occurring for days a Ac r ward s. lie came to con-•Xsciousncsa :n Winchester, and got back to 11 i e a r a • y a f i e r m om hs oil »u r s i n g.’ Ph o U u: t e d C o n fe d e r a t e Veterans chose Gordon to be the general of the o r gan i z a t i o n fj r t h e c o n i i n g v ear. A n d -then the Raccoon Roughs presented him with a ‘ceon-skin for luck. IIistsLIrIat£Itttrc(:LcitiiVIIreply to dm m was ;‘•I had raihu* live and die with, a -place in your Warts.than be com-n) a • ej i c f a 11 - i 1. e \v o r 1 d. My on! y la.pa ’'s Wat when I die it may bevwincu cm‘mv tomb : TIere lses the/in'uiv I rs. coriCJcrot-.' soldier who didc - ■1trts«cer
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Sat, Aug 02, 1890
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