John B. Gordon Shirt Size:L This flag was surrendered at

This flag was surrendered at Sailor's Creek

the American victory denied the British leverage to demand exclusive control over the Great Lakes and any territorial gains against the New England states

and Secretary of State for the Confederacy

resulting in geometric shapes within the field of the flag

Thomas had stationed pickets who warned the Confederates of the advancing Union troops

John B. Gordon Shirt Size:L This flag was surrendered atHistorical Background: John Brown Gordon would become one of the most successful commanders in General Robert E. Lee s army, and would do so without any prior military training. The son of a prominent minister in Upson County, Georgia, Gordon went to school at the University of Georgia, but dropped out before graduating to study law. He invested in coal mines in Georgia and Tennessee before the war but at the outbreak of the war was elected captain of