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James Byron Gordon (November 2, 1822 – May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge . Early life. Gordon was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Nathaniel and Sarah Gwyn Gordon.
James Byron Gordon, merchant, farmer, politician, and Confederate soldier, was born at Wilkesboro. His family, of Scottish descent, was founded by John George Gordon who emigrated from Scotland in 1724 and settled first in Maryland and finally in Spotsylvania County, Va.
Aug 11, 2001 · Part of Butternut and Blue’s excellent Army of Northern Virginia series, Stuart’s Tarheels: James B. Gordon and His North Carolina Cavalry introduces us to Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon, a man who is said to have been one of J.E.B. Stuart’s personal favorites, yet who is unremembered by all but the most hard-core cavalry enthusiasts.
While James B. Gordon's North Carolina cavalry brigade harassed the rear of Sheridan's column, Stuart placed his other two brigades led, by Generals Lunsford Lomax and William C. Wickham of Fitzhugh Lee's division, in an inverted V formation a mile north of Yellow Tavern.
James Byron Gordon (November 2, 1822 – May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge. Gordon was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Nathaniel and Sarah Gwyn Gordon. James B. Gordon...
Oct 20, 2020 · James Byron Gordon (November 2, 1822 – May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge. Early life. Gordon was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Nathaniel and Sarah Gwyn Gordon.
James Byron Gordon (2 November 1822-18 May 1864) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. James Byron Gordon was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1822, a distant cousin of John Brown Gordon.
