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John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon (February 6, 1832January 9, 1904) was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals〔Wyrick, William. ''The Confederate Attack and Union Defense of Fort Stedman: March 25, 1865''. Chapter 4 in Bearss, Edward C. with Bruce Suderow. ''The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles''. Savas Beattie: El Dorado Hills, CA, 2014. ISBN 978-1-61121-104-7. p. 241.〕 by the end of the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some〔(New Georgia Encyclopedia ). Biographical sketches in the references by Deserino, Eicher, and Warner make no mention of Klan involvement. Foner, p. 433, cites Gordon as a "prominent Klansman." George W. Gordon, another Confederate general with a similar name, but unrelated, is one whose involvement with the Klan is not in dispute.〕 to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia 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.
==Early life==
Gordon was descended from an ancient Scottish lineage, and was born on his father's farm in Upson County, Georgia, the fourth of twelve children. Many Gordon family members fought in the Revolutionary War. He was an outstanding student at the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Mystical 7 Society, but left before graduating. He studied law in Atlanta and passed the bar examination. Gordon and his father, Zachariah, invested in a series of coal mines in Tennessee and Georgia. He also practiced law. Gordon married Rebecca "Fanny" Haralson, daughter of Hugh Anderson Haralson, in 1854, and they had a long and happy marriage.
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