John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordonwas one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals by the end of the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction during the late 1860s. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from 1873 to 1880, and again from 1891 to 1897. He also served as the 53rd Governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth6 February 1832
CountryUnited States of America
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As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.
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Mars is not an aesthetic God.
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No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.
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A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history.
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General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?