G. M. Jordan was born in 1825 in Alabama, the son of William H Jordan (1800-1878) and Frances Hayden Perritt (1802-1880). To join the Confederate States Army, he enlisted as a Private in Company F, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Alabama Infantry at Montgomery on 25 November 1861. On the Company F 22 October - 31 December 1861 Muster Roll, he is listed as a Private (from induction through 31 December 1861. He is listed as 1sgt (First Sergeant), Company F, 23rd Alabama Regiment on the Muster Rolls for May and June 1862, July and August 1862, and January and February 1863.
The March and April 1863 Muster Roll lists him as 3d Lt (Third Lieutenant), Company F.
10 February 1864 he was listed as a Lieutenant, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Department and Army of the Tennessee, led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
22 June 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Kolb's Farm. He is listed as 2Lieut (Second Lieutenant), Company F, near Atlanta on 20 August 1864 and near Lovejoy Station on 17 September 1864. (The Battle of Lovejoy's Station was fought on August 20, 1864, near what is now Lovejoy, Georgia.)
General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his armies which included over 89,000 men to Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. After the surrender, Sherman issued ten days' rations to the hungry Confederate soldiers, as well as horses and mules for them to "insure a crop." He also ordered distribution of corn, meal, and flour to civilians throughout the South. This was an act of generosity that Johnston would never forget.
Lt. (Lieutenant) G. M. Jordan appears on a record of Confederate Officers Paroled at Headquarters, Sixteenth Army Corps i.e. XVI Corps (Union Army), Montgomery, Alabama in May of 1865. He appears to have continued to live in Alabama following the civil war.
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The Twenty-third Alabama Regiment was armed by private enterprise and organized at Montgomery in November, 1861. It first served at Mobile and then in the Kentucky campaign. It
took a prominent part at the Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and lost heavily; was at Baker's Creek, May 16th; at Big Black, May 17th; and served in the trenches during the siege of Vicksburg, May 18th to July 4th. It joined the army of Tennessee in October, 1864, and fought at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, November 23rd to 25th; was with Johnston in his campaign in Georgia in 1864, and suffered very heavily at the Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) August 31–September 1, 1864; was with Hood in Tennessee, and did splendid service in covering the retreat of Hood's army from Nashville.
The regiment last won distinction at Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
Capt. John Stevens was killed at Port Gibson; Col. Franklin K. Beck at the Battle of Resaca, May 13-15, 1864; Maj. A. C. Roberts at the Battle of New Hope Church (fought May 25–26, 1864); Capt. F. Butterfield at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia; and Captain Rutherford at Jonesboro.
Other field officers were Col. Joseph B. Bibb and Majs. Felix Tait, Francis McMurray, John J. Longmire, G. W. Mathieson and James T. Hester.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 129.
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It is also possible that instead this is the grave of G. M. Jordan, Sergeant in Company E of the 2nd Alabama Reserve (63rd Regiment Infantry), who was a defender at the Battle of Fort Blakely from April 2-April 9, 1865, the final large battle of the Civil War. He was also born in 1825 in Alabama. The 2nd Reserve Regiment [also called 63rd Regiment] was organized in July, 1864, at Montgomery, Alabama. Many of the enlisted men were between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and were from the southernmost counties of the state. With less than 100 men, it surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana after being overwhelmed on April 9, 1865.
The March and April 1863 Muster Roll lists him as 3d Lt (Third Lieutenant), Company F.
10 February 1864 he was listed as a Lieutenant, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Department and Army of the Tennessee, led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
22 June 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Kolb's Farm. He is listed as 2Lieut (Second Lieutenant), Company F, near Atlanta on 20 August 1864 and near Lovejoy Station on 17 September 1864. (The Battle of Lovejoy's Station was fought on August 20, 1864, near what is now Lovejoy, Georgia.)
General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his armies which included over 89,000 men to Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. After the surrender, Sherman issued ten days' rations to the hungry Confederate soldiers, as well as horses and mules for them to "insure a crop." He also ordered distribution of corn, meal, and flour to civilians throughout the South. This was an act of generosity that Johnston would never forget.
Lt. (Lieutenant) G. M. Jordan appears on a record of Confederate Officers Paroled at Headquarters, Sixteenth Army Corps i.e. XVI Corps (Union Army), Montgomery, Alabama in May of 1865. He appears to have continued to live in Alabama following the civil war.
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The Twenty-third Alabama Regiment was armed by private enterprise and organized at Montgomery in November, 1861. It first served at Mobile and then in the Kentucky campaign. It
took a prominent part at the Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and lost heavily; was at Baker's Creek, May 16th; at Big Black, May 17th; and served in the trenches during the siege of Vicksburg, May 18th to July 4th. It joined the army of Tennessee in October, 1864, and fought at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, November 23rd to 25th; was with Johnston in his campaign in Georgia in 1864, and suffered very heavily at the Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) August 31–September 1, 1864; was with Hood in Tennessee, and did splendid service in covering the retreat of Hood's army from Nashville.
The regiment last won distinction at Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
Capt. John Stevens was killed at Port Gibson; Col. Franklin K. Beck at the Battle of Resaca, May 13-15, 1864; Maj. A. C. Roberts at the Battle of New Hope Church (fought May 25–26, 1864); Capt. F. Butterfield at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia; and Captain Rutherford at Jonesboro.
Other field officers were Col. Joseph B. Bibb and Majs. Felix Tait, Francis McMurray, John J. Longmire, G. W. Mathieson and James T. Hester.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 129.
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It is also possible that instead this is the grave of G. M. Jordan, Sergeant in Company E of the 2nd Alabama Reserve (63rd Regiment Infantry), who was a defender at the Battle of Fort Blakely from April 2-April 9, 1865, the final large battle of the Civil War. He was also born in 1825 in Alabama. The 2nd Reserve Regiment [also called 63rd Regiment] was organized in July, 1864, at Montgomery, Alabama. Many of the enlisted men were between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and were from the southernmost counties of the state. With less than 100 men, it surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana after being overwhelmed on April 9, 1865.
G. M. Jordan was born in 1825 in Alabama, the son of William H Jordan (1800-1878) and Frances Hayden Perritt (1802-1880). To join the Confederate States Army, he enlisted as a Private in Company F, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Alabama Infantry at Montgomery on 25 November 1861. On the Company F 22 October - 31 December 1861 Muster Roll, he is listed as a Private (from induction through 31 December 1861. He is listed as 1sgt (First Sergeant), Company F, 23rd Alabama Regiment on the Muster Rolls for May and June 1862, July and August 1862, and January and February 1863.
The March and April 1863 Muster Roll lists him as 3d Lt (Third Lieutenant), Company F.
10 February 1864 he was listed as a Lieutenant, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Department and Army of the Tennessee, led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
22 June 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Kolb's Farm. He is listed as 2Lieut (Second Lieutenant), Company F, near Atlanta on 20 August 1864 and near Lovejoy Station on 17 September 1864. (The Battle of Lovejoy's Station was fought on August 20, 1864, near what is now Lovejoy, Georgia.)
General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his armies which included over 89,000 men to Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. After the surrender, Sherman issued ten days' rations to the hungry Confederate soldiers, as well as horses and mules for them to "insure a crop." He also ordered distribution of corn, meal, and flour to civilians throughout the South. This was an act of generosity that Johnston would never forget.
Lt. (Lieutenant) G. M. Jordan appears on a record of Confederate Officers Paroled at Headquarters, Sixteenth Army Corps i.e. XVI Corps (Union Army), Montgomery, Alabama in May of 1865. He appears to have continued to live in Alabama following the civil war.
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The Twenty-third Alabama Regiment was armed by private enterprise and organized at Montgomery in November, 1861. It first served at Mobile and then in the Kentucky campaign. It
took a prominent part at the Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and lost heavily; was at Baker's Creek, May 16th; at Big Black, May 17th; and served in the trenches during the siege of Vicksburg, May 18th to July 4th. It joined the army of Tennessee in October, 1864, and fought at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, November 23rd to 25th; was with Johnston in his campaign in Georgia in 1864, and suffered very heavily at the Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) August 31–September 1, 1864; was with Hood in Tennessee, and did splendid service in covering the retreat of Hood's army from Nashville.
The regiment last won distinction at Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
Capt. John Stevens was killed at Port Gibson; Col. Franklin K. Beck at the Battle of Resaca, May 13-15, 1864; Maj. A. C. Roberts at the Battle of New Hope Church (fought May 25–26, 1864); Capt. F. Butterfield at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia; and Captain Rutherford at Jonesboro.
Other field officers were Col. Joseph B. Bibb and Majs. Felix Tait, Francis McMurray, John J. Longmire, G. W. Mathieson and James T. Hester.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 129.
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It is also possible that instead this is the grave of G. M. Jordan, Sergeant in Company E of the 2nd Alabama Reserve (63rd Regiment Infantry), who was a defender at the Battle of Fort Blakely from April 2-April 9, 1865, the final large battle of the Civil War. He was also born in 1825 in Alabama. The 2nd Reserve Regiment [also called 63rd Regiment] was organized in July, 1864, at Montgomery, Alabama. Many of the enlisted men were between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and were from the southernmost counties of the state. With less than 100 men, it surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana after being overwhelmed on April 9, 1865.
The March and April 1863 Muster Roll lists him as 3d Lt (Third Lieutenant), Company F.
10 February 1864 he was listed as a Lieutenant, 23rd Alabama Regiment, Department and Army of the Tennessee, led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
22 June 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Kolb's Farm. He is listed as 2Lieut (Second Lieutenant), Company F, near Atlanta on 20 August 1864 and near Lovejoy Station on 17 September 1864. (The Battle of Lovejoy's Station was fought on August 20, 1864, near what is now Lovejoy, Georgia.)
General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his armies which included over 89,000 men to Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. After the surrender, Sherman issued ten days' rations to the hungry Confederate soldiers, as well as horses and mules for them to "insure a crop." He also ordered distribution of corn, meal, and flour to civilians throughout the South. This was an act of generosity that Johnston would never forget.
Lt. (Lieutenant) G. M. Jordan appears on a record of Confederate Officers Paroled at Headquarters, Sixteenth Army Corps i.e. XVI Corps (Union Army), Montgomery, Alabama in May of 1865. He appears to have continued to live in Alabama following the civil war.
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The Twenty-third Alabama Regiment was armed by private enterprise and organized at Montgomery in November, 1861. It first served at Mobile and then in the Kentucky campaign. It
took a prominent part at the Battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and lost heavily; was at Baker's Creek, May 16th; at Big Black, May 17th; and served in the trenches during the siege of Vicksburg, May 18th to July 4th. It joined the army of Tennessee in October, 1864, and fought at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, November 23rd to 25th; was with Johnston in his campaign in Georgia in 1864, and suffered very heavily at the Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) August 31–September 1, 1864; was with Hood in Tennessee, and did splendid service in covering the retreat of Hood's army from Nashville.
The regiment last won distinction at Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
Capt. John Stevens was killed at Port Gibson; Col. Franklin K. Beck at the Battle of Resaca, May 13-15, 1864; Maj. A. C. Roberts at the Battle of New Hope Church (fought May 25–26, 1864); Capt. F. Butterfield at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia; and Captain Rutherford at Jonesboro.
Other field officers were Col. Joseph B. Bibb and Majs. Felix Tait, Francis McMurray, John J. Longmire, G. W. Mathieson and James T. Hester.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. VIII, p. 129.
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It is also possible that instead this is the grave of G. M. Jordan, Sergeant in Company E of the 2nd Alabama Reserve (63rd Regiment Infantry), who was a defender at the Battle of Fort Blakely from April 2-April 9, 1865, the final large battle of the Civil War. He was also born in 1825 in Alabama. The 2nd Reserve Regiment [also called 63rd Regiment] was organized in July, 1864, at Montgomery, Alabama. Many of the enlisted men were between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and were from the southernmost counties of the state. With less than 100 men, it surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana after being overwhelmed on April 9, 1865.
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