General Gideon Pillow

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:advocated_for Southern rights
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Tennessee_State_Legislature
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Confederate_Army_leadership
gptkb:Fort_Pillow
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Confederate_Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birth_date 1806-06-08
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Elmwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Gideon_Pillow_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Department_of_Mississippi_and_East_Louisiana
gptkb:Pillow's_Brigade
gptkbp:contributed_to Confederate military tactics
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:Fort_Pillow_Massacre
gptkbp:death_date 1878-10-08
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Nashville
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:has_role Reconstruction era politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Gideon Pillow
gptkbp:influenced Confederate military strategy
post-war Southern politics
Tennessee's military policy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:involved_in Civil War politics
Tennessee politics
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:United_Confederate_Veterans
gptkb:Tennessee_Historical_Society
gptkbp:known_for Military leadership during the American Civil War
Controversial military decisions
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure in Civil War history
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Gideon_Pillow
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Hatchie's_Bridge
gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville
gptkb:Battle_of_Johnsonville
gptkb:Battle_of_Franklin
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:Businessman
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_B._Floyd
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkbp:served_as military governor of Tennessee
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse Mary Ann Pillow
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Simon_B._Buckner
gptkbp:supported secession from the Union
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Memoirs_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pillow's_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6