“The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise.”

— John Brown Gordon

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About John Brown Gordon

General • American

John Brown Gordon was a distinguished Confederate general during the American Civil War, rising to command a corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Wounded multiple times, he earned a reputation for extraordinary...

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