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G. Gordon
(1823 - 1886)
Home State: Massachusetts
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1846
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps
see his Battle Report
Before Antietam
He graduated from the USMA in 1846, served in the Mexican war, and resigned his commission in 1854. He then practiced law. In May 1861 he recruited and organized the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry and was their Colonel, first seeing action in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. In June 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers and then commanded the 3rd Brigade/1st Division/Second Corps at Cedar Mountain and Chantilly.
On the Campaign
He continued in command of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division/Twelfth (XII) Corps until he relieved the wounded Brigadier General Crawford in command of the Division.
The rest of the War
He led his Brigade on the Suffolk campaign, commanded a division in the siege of Charleston, and served in Arkansas, Florida, and Eastern Virginia.
After the War
He resumed his law practice and was an author and historian.
References & notes
Birth
07/19/1823; Charlestown, MA
Death
08/30/1886; Framingham, MA; burial in Edgell Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Framingham, MA
1 Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1964, pp. 177, 178 [AotW citation 31916]