Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
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Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-1878) was born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He practiced law with James Knox Polk (1795-1849), the 11th presdient of the United States. Pillow was appointed Brigadier General of the U.S. Volunteers in 1846 and later promoted to Major General because of his friendship with President Polk. He served during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and fought during the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chapultepec. He was appointed Senior Major General of the Provisional army of Tennessee and later became Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in 1861.
Lawyer, U.S. general in Mexican War, Confederate general in Civil War. From March to August 1862 he was suspended from command for errors in judgement at Fort Donelson.
Confederate army general.
Gideon J. Pillow, a lawyer and politician, served as a major general in the Mexican-American War and later as a general in the Confederate army.
Army officer and lawyer.
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Chapultepec, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Charleston (Mo.)
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