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* GORDON. 46 to June, 1865, he was in command of the Eastern District of Virginia, and on April 9, 1865, was brevetted major-general of vuluntfcrs. On August 24. 1805, he was mustered out of service, and subsequently imtil his death practiced law in Boston. Avliere for some time he also acted as collector of internal revenue for the Seventh Massachusetts District. He published: History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment (1876); History of the Campaign of the Army of Vir- ginia Under (Sen. John Pope from Cedar Moun- tain to AJej-andria (1880) : .1 War Diary of the Events of the War of the Great BebeUion, 186S-65 (1882); and Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, 1861-62 (SS3). GORDON, Sir James Alexander (1782- 1860). An English naval officer, born in Aber- deenshire. He entered the navy at the age of eleven, served in the engagement off Lorient in June. 1705. and in the battles of Cape Saint Vin- cent and the Nile. In 1804 he was placed in com- mand of the sloop Raccoon, subsequently partici- pated in various actions in the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and the Adriatic, and particu- larly distinguished himself in the battle of Lissa, March 13. 1811. in which he commanded the frigate Actirc. In November. 1811, he lost a leg at the capture of the French frigate La Pomone. As commander of the Hea Horse he joined Sir Alexander Cochrane in the Chesapeake in the fall of 1813, and subsequently commanded the squad- ron which, in August. 1814. entered the Poto- mac, reduced Fort Washington, and captured Alexandria, after destroying or capturing the vessels in the harbor. He also took part in the futile expeditions against New Orleans in 1814- 15. Subsequently he was superintendent of Plym- outh Hospital for several years, was governor of Greenwich Hospital from 1853 until his death, and by successive promotions rose to the rank of admiral in 1855. and became admiral of the fleet in 1868. GORDON, .Joiix. A Scottish soldier of for- tune of the seventeenth century. He entered the Imperial Army of Ferdinand II. during the Thirty Years' War. and rose to the rank of lieutenant- colonel and commandant of Eger. Upon hearing of the defection of Wallenstein. commander-in- chief of the Imperial forces, and the determina- tion of that general to form an alliance with the Swedes, Gordon joined in the conspiracy with Butler and Leslie for the murder of Wallenstein and his most trusted adherents. In compensa- tion for his services he received a considerable sum from the Imperial Government. Gordon is one of the characters in Schiller's tragedy, Wal- lenstein. GORDON, John Brown (1832-1904). An American soldier and politician. He was born in Upson County. Ga., graduated at the State Uni- versity, and followed the profession of law. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army as captain of infantry, and rose to the grade of lieutenant- general. At the time of General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. General Gordon commanded one wing of the army. In 1868 he was the Demo- craliie candidate for Governor of Georgia, but General Meade, military commander under the Eeconstruction Act. declared his opponent. Rufus B. Bulloc-k. elected. From 1873 to 1880. and from 1891 to 1897, he was a member of the United States Senate, where he was one of tho GORDON. leaders of the Democratic Party, and was known as an eloquent speaker. From 1887 to 1890 he was Governor of Georgia. He became well knowTi as a lecturer on subjects connected with the Civil War. GORDON, Sir John Campbeli-, seventh Earl of Aberdeen. See Aberdeen. GORDON, Sir John Watson- (1788-1864). A Scottish portrait painter, the son of Captain James Watson. He afterwards added the name Gordon to his family name. He was born at Edinburgh. He studied for four years under .Tohn Graham, director of the Trustees' Academy. He showed the usual desire of young artists to become an historical painter, but ultimately turned his attention to portraiture, in which he achieved a distinguished reputation. After the death of Raeburu he liecame the principal por- trait painter in Scotland. Gordon continued to reside in his native city. He first exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy in 1827. was elected in 1841 an associate, in 1850 an academician of the London Royal Academy, and exhibited 123 portraits there between the years 1827 and 1861. He succeeded Sir William Allan as president of the Royal Scottish Academy, and the honor of knighthood wa.s conferred on him. Gordon excelled in transferring to the canvas those lineaments of character which are conceived to be preeminently Scotch. Among his Ijest-known works mav be mentioned: "Sir Walter Scott" (1831): '"Dr. Chalmers" (1837) : "Duke of Buccleuch" ( 1842) : "Lord Cockburn" (1842) : "Thomas De Quincey" (1843); "Lord Robertson" (1846); "Principal Lee" (1847); "Professor Wilson" (1851); "Earl of Aberdeen" (1852) : and the "Provost of Peter- head" (1853). GORDON, Lady Lucie (or LrcY) Austin Duff- (1821-69). "An English author and trans- lator, born in London. She was the only daugh- ter of ,Tohn Austin, the jurist. Her knowledge of German was gained during a two years' stay in Germany (1826-28). In 1840 she married" Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, and almost immediately began her translations. These include: fttndics of Ancient Orcek Mythologii. from the German of Niebuhr (1841) ; ileinhojd's Mary Sehiccidler, the Amher M'ilch (1844) : Lomping's The French in Algiers (1845); Feierbach's Remarkahle Criminal Trials (1846, with her husband); Ranke's House of Brandenhurg : de Wailly's Stella and Vanessa (18.50): the Coimtess d'Ar- bouville's The Village Doctor (1853): and Ranke's Ferdinand and Maximilian (1853, with her husband). At this period she lived in London, and counted among her friends Heine. Tennyson, Dickens, and Thackeray. About 1860 her health failed, and she made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, which her Letters de- scribe (1861-02). The latter years of her life were spent in Egy|it. and from there she wrote her two series of delightful letters. Letters from E(iupt (1863) and Last Letters from Egypt (1865). GORDON, P.TRICK (1635-99). A Scotch sol- dier of fortune, general in the Russian Army, and a friend of Peter the Great. He first served in Poland under Charles X. of Sweden. Captured by the Poles, he entered their service, only to rejoin the Swedes when recaptured by them at Warsaw. Next the German flag claimed his allegiance, but he soon took service again in the