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Gideon Johnson Pillow (June 8, 1806 – October 8, 1878) was an American lawyer, politician, speculator, slaveowner, United States Army major general of volunteers during the Mexican–American War and Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War.
Gideon J. Pillow. Date of Birth - Death June 8, 1806 – October 8, 1878. According to Who Was Who in the Civil War, Gideon Johnson Pillow was “one of the most reprehensible men ever to wear the three stars and wreath of a Confederate general” (Sifakis 508).
27 de nov. de 2023 · A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers.
- Harry Searles
6 de mar. de 2017 · Major General Gideon J. Pillow was a veteran of the Mexican-American War who later served in the Confederate Army and saw action in the West.
Gideon Pillow was a successful lawyer, planter, and political operative from middle Tennessee. He was one of the eight original political generals appointed by President Polk at the start of the war with Mexico.
9 de nov. de 2009 · In 1861, the Confederates constructed a military installation at the Fort Pillow site and named it for General Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-78), a Tennessee native.
8 de oct. de 2017 · Gideon J. Pillow, politician and general, was born in Williamson County and raised in Maury and Giles Counties. He received a classical education at local academies and graduated from the University of Nashville in 1827.
