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Note that while many historians indeed dismiss the Barlow - Gordon incident as an embellishment on the part of Gordon, recent research by Georgia author Gregory C. White has revealed that the earliest records on this subject are from Northern sources, predating Gordon's speaking tours and his memoirs.
Scott Mingus
If you don't buy 'apocryphal', how about 'ridiculous'? Barlow and Gordon were division commanders in opposing armies through 1864-65. The chance that Gordon didn't know Barlow was alive after 1863 is absurd.Hal Jespersen23:11, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, provide a citation and I'll think about it. I think that the meet-on-the-battlefield part of the story is arguable, but uninteresting. (There's also the matter of whether Barlow's wife actually met with Gordon in Gettysburg and I tend to doubt that, too.) The meet-in-Washington story is fascinating, but bogus, IMHO.Hal Jespersen02:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Just in case nobody's seen this, it might make an interesting addition to the article.
http://www.confederateyankee.net/
http://usa-civil-war.com/Books/books_general.html
Mithridates14:36, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The article said "Gordon married Fanny Haralson, daughter of Hugh Anderson Haralson, in 1854.She represented Georgia in Congress for many years after the Civil War." (emphasis added)
I found nothing about her being in congress. This website doesn't mention it:Fanny, so I'm changing "she" to "he" unless someone knows that she was in congress.Bubba73 [[User_talk:Bubba73|(talk)]]03:08, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Why no section on Gen. Gordon's well-known feud with Gen. Longstreet regarding Gordon's belief that Longstreet failed to follow Lee's orders at Gettysburg?— Precedingunsigned comment added by69.105.97.214 (talk)03:52, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
John Gordon is my Great Great Grandpa :)— Precedingunsigned comment added byKennedygordon (talk •contribs)03:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps there could be some reference to his memoirs 'Reminiscences of the Civil War'. These were one of the most vivid and readable accounts of the conflict, but critics have found them to be unreliable.Valetude (talk)13:29, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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His memoirs are downloadable at Project Gutenberg. I'm not sure how to add this item to the list of links.Valetude (talk)20:21, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was:Moved toJohn B. Gordon as the most succinct of the less problematic means of disambiguation. The original suggestion is a non-starter due to there being multiple generals named "John Gordon" or the like. —Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung,mellohi! (投稿)01:47, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
John Brown Gordon →John Gordon (general)John Gordon (general) – PerWikipedia:Article Titles#Use commonly recognizable names.2600:1700:6180:6290:60CB:CA76:257F:41DC (talk)15:38, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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