This was the surname of the final U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Texas, who also edited the Washington Union newspaper and was a member of the American Party. Gideon Pillow fled a location with this name, as did a disgusted Nathan Bedford Forrest, leaving Simon Bolivar Buckner to accept the humiliating terms of the victorious general. A woman w
This was the surname of the final U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Texas, who also edited the Washington Union newspaper and was a member of the American Party. Gideon Pillow fled a location with this name, as did a disgusted Nathan Bedford Forrest, leaving Simon Bolivar Buckner to accept the humiliating terms of the victorious general. A woman with this maiden name unhappily married Captain Lewis Robards and married her second husband before finalizing a divorce, resulting in accusations of bigamy against a future President. The February 16 capture of a fort with this name resulted in the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender" given to a Union general. For 10 points, name this maiden name of Rachel, the wife of Andrew Jackson, and also the name of a fort captured in 1862 shortly after Fort Henry by Ulysses Grant.
This was the surname of the final U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Texas, who also edited the Washington Union newspaper and was a member of the American Party.
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