General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) was an attorney, planter, Confederate States general, United States Senator from Georgia (1873-1880, 1891-1897), and the 53rd Governor of Georgia (1886-1890). He was born to Zachariah Herndon Gordon (1794-1886) and Melinda Gordon (1802-1867) in Upson County, Georgia. He married Frances Rebecca "Fannie" Haralson Gordon (1837-1931), in 1854. Gordon and his wife had six children: Hugh Haralson Gordon (1855-1937); Frank Gordon (1858-1907); John Brown Gordon, Jr. (1865-1884); Frances Smith (1868-1951); Caroline Gordon (1873-?); and Carolina Gordon (1877-1877). He studied law at the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Mystical 7 Society, one of the earliest college fraternities. Gordon commanded the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and fought at the First Battle of Bull Run; the Battle of Malvern Hill; the Maryland Campaign; the Gettysburg Campaign; the Overland Campaign; the Valley Campaigns of 1864; the Siege of Petersburg; and the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse.