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PILLOW, GIDEON J.

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PILLOW, GIDEON J.
(1806 - 1878) Confederate major general, who fought at Belmont and was second-in-command at Fort Donelson from which he fled to avoid capture by Grant. War-date partly-printed D.S. "Gid. J. Pillow" adding rank on CSA Officers' Pay Account form, 1p. 4to., [n. p.], Nov. 28, 1861, dispensing pay for the last quarter of 1861 and showing that four months yielded Pillow $1201.00. Minor archival tape reinforcement on verso, else very good.