Gordon, John Brown (1832–1904), a United States political leader and Confederate army officer. Although without military experience at the start of the Civil War, Gordon rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He fought at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg, and was commanding a wing of Lee's army at the time of surrender. Fort Gordon, an army base near Augusta, Georgia, is named for him.
Gordon was born in Upson County, Georgia. A Democrat, Gordon served in the U.S. Senate, 1873–80 and 1891–97, and was governor of Georgia, 1886–90. He was the first commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, 1890–1904. Gordon wrote Reminiscences of the Civil War (1903).
