Beirne Gordon Georgia Hussars collection, 1890-1914

Summary

Creator:

Gordon, Beirne, 1856-

Date:

1890-1914

Extent:

2 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Beirne Gordon Georgia Hussars collection, ms3747, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a scrapbook of clippings about the Georgia Hussars, Troop A, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry and Captain Beirne Gordon, dated 1891 to 1894. The scrapbook includes photographs of Captain Beirne Gordon on horseback. The collection also includes three photographs apart from the scrapbook: a portrait of Captain Gordon from the 1890s, a portrait of a young Ambrose Gordon, circa 1900, and a photocopied image of the cavalry.

Biographical / historical:

Beirne Gordon, born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1856, was, during the 1890s, Captain of the Georgia Hussars, Troop A, 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry headquartered in Savannah, Georgia. He wasa also president of the Chatham Bank of Savannah and member of the cotton firm W. W. Gordon and Co.

Related

Related material:

Related collections in other repositories: Gordon Family Papers, 2235, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Gordon Family papers, MS 318, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cavalry -- Georgia.
Scrapbooks.
Hussars -- Georgia -- Savannah.

Names:

Gordon, Beirne, 1856-

Preferred citation:

Beirne Gordon Georgia Hussars collection, ms3747, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.