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Once peace was made with the Chinese Emperor, Gordon was appointed as the Commander of the 'Ever Victorious Army', a force of mercenaries led by European Officers. The EVA was trying to suppress the Taiping rebellion, a revolt against the Manchus led by a 'messiah' who was trying to set up 'god's kingdom on Earth.
Gordon, fighting furiously with a revolver, was killed and beheaded outside the governor’s palace according to survivor accounts. It was a tragic, if hauntingly appropriate, end to a man who had lived by the sword for more than three decades.
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May 21, 2018 · The English soldier, adventurer, and popular hero Charles George Gordon (1833-1885) was known as "Chinese" Gordon. He was killed at the fall of Khartoum. Born at Woolwich on Jan. 28, 1833, Charles George Gordon was the son of a lieutenant general.
Charles Gordon was born on 28 January 1833, the son of a senior army officer. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1852. He distinguished himself in the Crimean War...
Charles George Gordon. (1833—1885) army officer. Quick Reference. (1833–85) British general and colonial administrator. He went to China in 1860 while serving with the Royal Engineers, and became known as ‘Chinese Gordon’ after crushing the Taiping Rebellion (1863–64).
The British officer known as Charles George Gordon (also known as Chinese Gordon) was famous for his romantic adventures in Asian countries and for his dramatic death at the siege of Khartoum. The son of an artillery officer, he became a lieutenant in the British Army when he was 19.
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON (1833-1885), British soldier and administrator, fourth son of General H. W. Gordon, Royal Artillery, was born at Woolwich on the 28th of January 1833. He received his early education at Taunton school, and was given a cadetship in the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1848.
