03060nam 2200625 a 450 991078174940332120230725051156.01-283-28232-197866132823231-57233-791-5(CKB)2550000000048634(EBL)772834(OCoLC)753480559(SSID)ssj0000538558(PQKBManifestationID)11339899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538558(PQKBWorkID)10559815(PQKB)10065579(MiAaPQ)EBC772834(MdBmJHUP)muse18429(Au-PeEL)EBL772834(CaPaEBR)ebr10500337(CaONFJC)MIL328232(EXLCZ)99255000000004863420101029e20111993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe life and wars of Gideon J. Pillow[electronic resource] /Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr. and Roy P. Stonesifer, Jr. ; with a new foreword by Timothy D. Johnson1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Pressc20111 online resource (481 p.)Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1993.1-57233-755-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 inteGeneralsConfederate States of AmericaBiographyMexican War, 1846-1848BiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsGeneralsMexican War, 1846-1848973.7/42092BHughes Nathaniel Cheairs1482486Stonesifer Roy P1482487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781749403321The life and wars of Gideon J. Pillow3700150UNINA