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Behind The Battles | John Brown Gordon

Podcast: Battles Of The American Civil War
Published: Aug 28, 2026
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Summary

Shot 5 times at Antietam, John Brown Gordon rose from an untrained captain to one of Robert E. Lee’s last corps commanders. But his controversial postwar life left behind a legacy far darker than his battlefield legend.