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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...
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    would be tried, according to state laws. Fort Pillow was built in early 1862 by Gideon Johnson Pillow, a Confederate Brigadier General, on the Mississippi...
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    launched a surprise attack, led by his second-in-command, Brig. Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow, against the right flank of Grant's army. The intention was to open...
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    army built extensive fortifications and named the site for General Gideon Johnson Pillow of Maury County. It was attacked and held by the Union Army for...
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  • Gideon Peters, South African cricketer Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806–1878), American lawyer and general Gideon Hollister Pond (1810–1878), American Presbyterian...
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    lieutenant at the 1844 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, Gideon Johnson Pillow, believed Polk could emerge as a compromise candidate. Publicly...
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  • South Atlantic Ocean Frank Pillow (born 1965), American former National Football League wide receiver Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806–1878), American Civil...
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    1856 Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Gideon Johnson Pillow – convicted by court martial of insubordination in 1848. Whig president...
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    Fort Pillow, located 40 miles (64 km) upriver from Memphis (near Henning, Tennessee), was initially constructed by Confederate general Gideon Johnson Pillow...
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  • for Women (1897–1909) and the University of Florida (1909–1927). Gideon Johnson Pillow, (1806–78), U.S. and Confederate States Army general and lawyer...
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    present at battle BG Bushrod Johnson Feb 9 BG Gideon J. Pillow Feb 9-13 BG John B. Floyd Feb 13-16 BG Gideon J. Pillow Feb 16 BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr...
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    for Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-1877) on land inherited from Gideon Pillow. Clifton Place was the first of three mansions built for the Pillow brothers...
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    deferring to his more experienced subordinates, Brigadier Generals Gideon Johnson Pillow and Simon Bolivar Buckner. As the U.S. forces surrounded the fort...
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    period, Polk argued about strategy with his subordinate, Brig. Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow, and his superior, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of Confederate...
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    for Gideon Johnson Pillow during a court of inquiry initiated against him by Winfield Scott. Seeking to derail Scott's presidential ambitions, Pillow and...
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    other buildings were completed in 1839, for Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-1877) on land inherited from Gideon Pillow. Columbia is the location of Tennessee's...
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    commander, General Scott, in the court-martial for insubordination of Gideon Johnson Pillow. [citation needed] The Handsome Captain struggled with the tedium...
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  • (1839) for Gideon Johnson Pillow, and Pillow-Bethel House (1855) for Jerome Bonaparte Pillow. The three mansions were closely designed but Pillow Place lacked...
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  • lieutenants, and one sergeant-major selected from the enlisted men. Gideon Johnson Pillow and Samuel Read Anderson were appointed major-generals; William...
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    significance. Around July 1861, Confederate forces of Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow planned to link up with units commanded by Sterling Price and Benjamin...
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    divisions of David E. Twiggs, William J. Worth, John A. Quitman, and Gideon Johnson Pillow.: 274  Scott moved on the south side of Lake Chalco on 15 August...
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    general over him during the Mexican War, including Zachary Taylor, Gideon Johnson Pillow, and John A. Quitman. He was in command of the Western Division...
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    violated the Commonwealth's neutrality by ordering Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow to occupy Columbus. Columbus was of strategic importance both because...
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    south of Mexico City, Scott and Worth's division at Tacubaya, Gideon Johnson Pillow's division at Mixcoac, David E. Twiggs division at San Ángel, and...
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  • Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk ordered Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow to occupy Columbus. There were thirteen battles fought in Kentucky...
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  • Pierce; Jefferson Davis; Truman B. Ransom; Alexander Doniphan; and Gideon Johnson Pillow. Both the Union and the Confederacy made use of their militias during...
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    along the highway to the north.: 296  Scott sent David Twiggs and Gideon Johnson Pillow's Divisions from San Angel to Coyoacán, while he ordered William...
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  • sent in February 1862 to Fort Donelson, Tennessee under General Gideon Johnson Pillow. The first major action of the 1st Regiment was at Battle of Fort...
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    and a lava field to the south, known as the Pedregal. General Gideon Johnson Pillow's division cut a road for artillery through the Pedregal to engage...
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    learned that Scott had court-martialed a close ally of Polk's, Gideon Johnson Pillow. Outraged by that event, Polk demanded Scott's return to Washington...
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