Father: James Harvey Gorden (1794- 1874)
Mother: Caroline McFadden Gwyn (1800-1880)
08/08/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, E. Chickamauga, Walker Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Charly P. Gordon
1855 - Graduated, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1857 - Graduated, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Lafayette, Walker Co., GA)
1858-1859 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; preceptor: Dr. Winston Gordon)
1860 - M.D. degree, The University of the City of New York, Medical Department, New York NY (from: Dalton, GA)
06/11/1860 - Lived with his parents, South Western Division, Madison Co., AL (indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Charles E. Gordon)
03/10/1862 - Pvt., Co. A, 39th GA Infantry
07/21/1862 - Absent from 39th GA Infantry on detail as an Asst. Surgeon, Dalton, GA
08/25/1862 - Relieved from duty (S.O. 163/2 Dept. 2 & Western Dept. Gen. B. Bragg)
04/08/1863 - Passed a Confederate Army Medical Board of Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon, Vicksburg, MS
04/09/1863 - "The following named Medical Officers will report to the Colonel of the 34th Regiment Georgia Volunteers, to rank from the dates affixed to their respective names . . . . Assistant Surgeon Chas. P Gordon, October 8, 1862." (S.O. 86/6)
07/10/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/08/1862
09/15/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th GA Infantry, Atlanta, GA
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from GA by the Confederate States Senate
05/18/1864 - Absent sick from the 34th GA Infantry
06/10/1864 - Returned to duty
08/15/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th GA Infantry, Gen. A. Cumming's Brigade, Gen. C. L. Stevenson's Division, Gen S. D. Lee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
09/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th GA Infantry
11/04/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th GA Infantry, Gen. A. Cumming's Brigade
12/00/1864 - Transferred to the Hospital Dept.
03/02/1865 - In a letter written by Confederate Army Col. Lemuel Green Mead from Richmond, VA, to Confederate Army General Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, "I respectfully ask the appointment of the following named staff officers for the Battalions I have raised within the
enemys' [sic] line in North Ala. & Tenn. . . . . . For the 25th Ala Batt. [Battalion] Cav . . . Asst Surg. Chas P. Gorden [sic], 34th Ga Regt, A. Tenn for Medical Officer, I am Genl, Very Respectfully, Yr Obt Servant, L. G. Mead, Col. Commanding Cav North Ala & Tenn" [Note: It is not clear whether Asst. Surgeon Gordon ever served with the 25th Alabama Battalion Cavalry.]
07/19/1866 - Married, Margaret Judd "Maggie" Manly (1846-1925), Whitfield Co., GA
06/14/1870 - Practiced medicine, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA (lived with wife, Margaret J., and one child - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Charles Gordon)
07/23/1874 - Father, James, died in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA (buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA - Find A Grave #114091680)
06/03/1880 - Practiced medicine, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA (lived with wife Maggie M., mother, Caroline M., and two daughters - indexed in the 18890 U.S. Census as Charles P. Gordon)
12/28/1880 - Mother, Caroline, died in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA
~1890-1910- Local surgeon for the Southern Railway Co. at Dalton , GA
06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA (lived with wife, Maggie M., and one daughter - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Charles P. Gordon)
- Member, Georgia Medical Association
- Member, Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway Co.
- Member, International Association of Railroad Surgeons
03/16/1910 - Died at his home, Dalton GA, (cause: heart disease; buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA - Find A Grave #114084819)
1925 - Widow, Maggie M., lived at 17 Tanglewood Ct, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL
03/30/1925 - Widow, Margaret, died (buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA - Find A Grave #114096774)

Michael Angelo contributed to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.