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1 online resource (455 pages) |
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A Jacksonian tradition -- A friend indeed -- Tennessee's own son -- Hurra for Pa -- Hero of Chapultepec -- Leonidas -- Making good Democratic music -- Palace of fire -- The provisional Army of Tennessee -- To aid our friends in Missouri -- A plunge into the forest -- I will die first -- Is this right? -- A place he so exactly fits -- I only want a respectable command -- A bitter cup -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: And afterward -- Appendix 2: Some of Gideon J. Pillow's staff officers |
| Summary |
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 with dangerous aspirations, his famous failures have overshadowed the tremendous energy, rare talent, and great organizational skills that also marked his career. In this exhaustive biography, Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. and Roy P. Stonesifer Jr. look beyond conventional historical interp |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878.
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Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
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Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 fast |
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography
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Confederate States of America. Army fast |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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HISTORY -- General.
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Generals
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Military campaigns
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stonesifer, Roy P
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| LC no. |
2010045083 |
| ISBN |
9781572337916 |
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1572337915 |
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1283282321 |
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9781283282321 |
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