Private - Company E of the 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Promoted to Assistant Surgeon, then Surgeon in Pegram's Brigade.

Gordon, Alexander Tazewell - bio

GORDON, Alexander Tazewell (a.k.a., A.F. Gordon; A.S. Gordon; A. Y. Gordon; Alex
Gardon; Alananer Gordon )
05/12/1833 - Born, Albemarle Co., Virginia [Father: Major Gen. William Fitzhugh Gordon
(1787-1858); Mother: Elizabeth Lindsay (1792-1885)]
07/25/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Albemarle Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U.S.
Census as A. T. Gordon)
1855-1856 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1858 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
08/28/1858 - Father, William, died at Edgeworth Plantation, Albermarle Co., VA
07/05/1860 - Lived in Culpeper Co., VA (indexe in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Alex
Gardon")
04/16/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. Stockton Heth's Co. (Culpeper Riflemen), 13th VA
Infantry, Brandy Station, VA [Note: This company subsequently became
Co. E, 13th VA Infantry.]
06/30/1861 - Mustered into Confederate service as a Pvt. in Winchester, VA
08/01/1861 - On special duty in the Medical Department by order of Col. A. P. Hill
09/13/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
- Asst. Surgeon, 18th NC Infantry, Pegram's Battalion, Gen. A. P. Hill's
Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
02/08/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 59th VA Infantry (2nd Regt, Wise Legion), captured by
U. S. Army, at Camp Barton, Roanoke Island, NC
02/21/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 59th VA Infantry, paroled by U.S. Army, Elizabeth City,
NC
00/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Warrenton, VA
09/28/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, ordered to Gen. Hospital, Winchester, VA
10/31/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Winchester, VA
05/28/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, paid five dollars for an officers knapsack, which he
received at Camp Gregg, VA, from an ordnance officer
09/05/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, stationed near Orange C. H., VA
02/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, stationed at Camp Taylor, near Lindsay's Turnout, VA
03/31/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, stationed near Lindsay's, VA
04/07/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Pegram's Battalion Artillery, Lindsay's Turnout, VA (Virginia
Central Railroad)
04/21/1864 - "Surgeon A T Gordon will report without delay for duty with Pegram's
Battery Army of Northern Virginia" (S.O. 93/11)
11/04/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States to rank
from 04/09/1864
12/17/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
01/08/1868 - Married, Lucy Ann Willis (1844-1937), Culpeper Co., VA [Note: Lucy was
originally married to Joseph Gordon Willis (1837-1864) who died as a
Union Prisoner of War at Point Lookout Prison, Point Lookout, MD. Lucy's
maiden name was Gordon.]
08/30/1870 - Practiced medicine, District 2, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, Lucy -
indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Alananer Gordon")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Brandy Station, Culpeper Co., VA
1878 - Practiced medicine, Stevensburg, Culpeper Co., VA
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, Stevensburg, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, L.A.,
a brother, four daughters, and one son - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census
as Alex. T. Gordon)
08/31/1885 - Mother, Elizabeth, died in Albemarle Co., VA
1886,1890,1896 - Practiced medicine, Lignum, Culpeper Co., VA
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine, Stevensburg Magisterial District, Culpeper Co., VA
(lived with wife, Lucy, four daughters, and one son - indexed in the 1900
U.S. Census as A. T. Gordon)
01/14/1903 - Died of "progressive paralysis" at his home near Lignum, Culpeper Co.,
VA, "after an illness of several years" (buried: Lael Cemetery, Lignum, VA
- Find A Grave #6020070)
03/13/1928 - Widow, Mrs. Lucy A. Gordon, submitted an application for a Virginia
Confederate Pension
01/26/1837 - Widow, Lucy Ann, died (buried: Lael Cemetery, Lignum, Culpeper Co., VA
- Find A Grave # 6020076)

George Seitz 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.
05/06/2019. Unpublished database.