PILLOW, GIDEON J.
\pˈɪlə͡ʊ], \pˈɪləʊ], \p_ˈɪ_l_əʊ]\
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(1806-1878), commanded the right wing of the American army at Cerro Gordo and led a division at Churubusco, Molino del Rey and Chapultepec. In 1861 he was appointed brigadier-general in the provisional Confederate army. He commanded under General Polk at Belmont. When the command devolved upon him at Fort Donelson, he gave it over to General Buckner and escaped.
By John Franklin Jameson
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