ARTEMUS GORDON
Enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862.
This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 Jan 1863.
Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment.
According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County, Georgia on 1 March 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee.
He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893.
ARTEMUS GORDON was born in 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He was a son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE.
On 9 June 1853, he married Nancy A. BREWER daughter of James BREWER and Delilah SIMMONS.
He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry.
His brothers were:
Privates William Hendley GORDON ,
Samuel S. GORDON ,
James Madison GORDON,
Jessie B. GORDON ,
and John S. GORDON.
Artemus GORDON died in Walthourville, Georgia on 10 September 1895.
Enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862.
This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 Jan 1863.
Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment.
According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County, Georgia on 1 March 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee.
He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893.
ARTEMUS GORDON was born in 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He was a son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE.
On 9 June 1853, he married Nancy A. BREWER daughter of James BREWER and Delilah SIMMONS.
He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry.
His brothers were:
Privates William Hendley GORDON ,
Samuel S. GORDON ,
James Madison GORDON,
Jessie B. GORDON ,
and John S. GORDON.
Artemus GORDON died in Walthourville, Georgia on 10 September 1895.
ARTEMUS GORDON
Enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862.
This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 Jan 1863.
Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment.
According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County, Georgia on 1 March 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee.
He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893.
ARTEMUS GORDON was born in 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He was a son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE.
On 9 June 1853, he married Nancy A. BREWER daughter of James BREWER and Delilah SIMMONS.
He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry.
His brothers were:
Privates William Hendley GORDON ,
Samuel S. GORDON ,
James Madison GORDON,
Jessie B. GORDON ,
and John S. GORDON.
Artemus GORDON died in Walthourville, Georgia on 10 September 1895.
Enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862.
This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 Jan 1863.
Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment.
According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County, Georgia on 1 March 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee.
He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893.
ARTEMUS GORDON was born in 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He was a son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE.
On 9 June 1853, he married Nancy A. BREWER daughter of James BREWER and Delilah SIMMONS.
He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry.
His brothers were:
Privates William Hendley GORDON ,
Samuel S. GORDON ,
James Madison GORDON,
Jessie B. GORDON ,
and John S. GORDON.
Artemus GORDON died in Walthourville, Georgia on 10 September 1895.
