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The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow.

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One of nineteenth-century America's most controversial military figures, Gideon Johnson Pillow gained notoriety early in the Civil War for turning an apparent Confederate victory at Fort Donelson into an ignominious defeat. Dismissed by contemporaries and historians alike as a political general...

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Author / Creator: Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs.
Other Authors / Creators:Stonesifer, Roy P., Jr.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, > 1806-1878.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. A Jacksonian Tradition
  • 2. A Friend Indeed
  • 3. Tennessee's Own Son
  • 4. Hurra for Pa
  • 5. Hero of Chapultepec
  • 6. Leonidas
  • 7. Making Good Democratic Music
  • 8. Palace of Fire
  • 9. The Provisional Army of Tennessee
  • 10. To Aid Our Friends in Missouri
  • 11. A Plunge into the Forest
  • 12. I Will Die First
  • 13. Is This Right?
  • 14. A Place He So Exactly Fits
  • 15. I Only Want a Respectable Command
  • 16. A Bitter Cup
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: And Afterward
  • Appendix 2: Some of Gideon J. Pillow's Staff Officers
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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