Daniel Smith Donelson
Military Person
1801 – 1863
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Who was Daniel Smith Donelson?
Daniel Smith Donelson was a Tennessee politician, and nephew of President Andrew Jackson. The historic river-port of Fort Donelson was named for him as a Brigadier in the Tennessee militia, early in the American Civil War, in which he went on to serve as a Confederate general, notably at Perryville and Stones River.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1801
Sumner County - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Tennessee
- Died
- Apr 17, 1863
Knoxville
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on July 23, 2013
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