The life and wars of Gideon J. Pillow / / Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr. and Roy P. Stonesifer, Jr. ; with a new foreword by Timothy D. Johnson
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Hughes Nathaniel Cheairs
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| Titolo: |
The life and wars of Gideon J. Pillow / / Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr. and Roy P. Stonesifer, Jr. ; with a new foreword by Timothy D. Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/42092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Generals - Confederate States of America |
| Mexican War, 1846-1848 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
| Altri autori: |
StonesiferRoy P
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| Note generali: | Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1993. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 inte |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The life and wars of Gideon J. Pillow |
| ISBN: | 1-283-28232-1 |
| 9786613282323 | |
| 1-57233-791-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807450403321 |
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