General John B. Gordon-GHM 133-5-Taylor Co
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tarvol_2000
N 32° 33.473 W 084° 04.256
16S E 775028 N 3606060
Located on Georgia Highway 96, 1 1/2 miles east of the City of Reynolds, Taylor County, Georgia
Waymark Code: WM2WB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2005
Views: 22
This marker which is just east of Reynolds in Taylor County has been relocated in the last year about 100 to 150 feet south of its original location due to the four laning of Georgia Highway 96 (Fall Line Freeway). Although the marker does not mention it, General Gordon led the last Confederate charge prior to Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Text of marker:
Gen. John B. Gordon
General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) C.S.A., lawyer, statesman owned this farm "Beechwood", from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived in "the old John D. Mitchell home"; later, he moved to a nearby small house that is no longer standing. "The most important military figure in the history of Georgia, General Gordon had no training in martial affairs." Elected Captain of a group of mountaineers, he was a Lieutenant General by 1865. After the war, a strong advocate of home rule, he served in the United States Senate.
133-5 Georgia Historical Commission 1958
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 133-5
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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