Daniel Smith Donelson
Confederate Army general
Died when: 61 years 298 days (741 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Daniel Smith Donelson (June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863) was a Tennessee planter, politician, and soldier.The historic Fort Donelson was named for him when he was serving as a Brigadier in the Tennessee militia, early in the American Civil War.
He was commissioned as a regular Confederate general, serving notably at the battles of Perryville and Stones River.After their father died when Donelson and his two brothers were young, the three boys were taken in and adopted by their paternal aunt Rachel Donelson Jackson and her husband Andrew Jackson, a future United States president.
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