Pvt. John Minor Gordon, Civil War Veteran (USA) (POW)

John Minor Gordon
BIRTH Aug 1844
West Virginia, USA
DEATH 3 Mar 1888 (aged 43)
West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Union Cemetery
Newburg, Preston County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181396686/john-minor-gordon

Children

Lee G. Gordon 1871–1923

Elliott M. Gordon 1875–1944

Bennett Hessence Gordon 1875–1949

Minor Alexander Gordon 1877–1956

George L. Gordon 1879–1935

Arthur John Gordon 1881–1962

Osia Belle Gordon Everett 1883–1977

Served a a Private in both Companies A and C of the 6th West Virginia Cavalry. Enlisted twice: first on June 22, 1861, and then again on January 22, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Virginia, on April 8, 1864, and was sent to Andersonville Prison. Paroled on April 3, 1865, and was sent to the Army Hospital at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mustered out on July 12, 1865.