Charles Garnett Gordon Captain, United States Army |
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Garnett Gordon of South Carolina
Appointed from California, Private and Corporal, Troop B, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 14 September 1861 to 25 April 1864 Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, 26 September 1867 First Lieuenant, 21 February 1870 Regimental Quartermaster, 4 April 1874 to 3 September 1878 Captain, 30 August 1881 Retired 5 October 1887 Died 26 October 1898 LIEUTENANT CHARLES G. GORDON First Lieutenant Charles G. Gordon was a soldier
who rose from the ranks to the position of an officer in the Regular Army.
He was born in North Carolina, but removed to California when quite young,
and enlisted as a Corporal in the Second California Cavalry September 14,
1861. He was reduced to the ranks in 1862, and received his discharge
from the California Regiment April 25, 1864. He was made Second Lieutenant
in the Regular Army September 25, 1867, receiving his commission October
3. He was attached to the Sixth Cavalry and soon proved himself an
able and efficient officer. On February 21, 1870, he was commissioned
as First Lieutenant and from April 4, 1874 to September 3, 1878, he acted
as Quartermaster to his regiment.
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