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Daniel Smith Donelson : Soldier, Politician, Tennessean / Doug Spence.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spence, Doug, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Generals.
- Legislators--Tennessee--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Tennessee--Biography.
- Tennessee.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Tennessee--Biography.
- Donelson, Daniel Smith, 1801-1863.
- Donelson, Daniel Smith.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville, Tennessee : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Richard Douglas Spence has written a biography of Daniel Smith Donelson, a soldier and politician and the nephew of Andrew Jackson. Spence begins with Donelson's upbringing at the Hermitage after Donelson's father died when he was five and follows Donelson's career as a planter, militiaman, state congressman, and finally a general overseeing the Confederate Department of East Tennessee. Fort Donelson was named in his honor, and his brigades fought at Stones River, Perryville, and Murfreesboro before he was transferred to Charleston, South Carolina. He was posthumously promoted to major general after dying of disease on April 17, 1863, at the age of sixty-one"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Fine Material for a Military Man," June 1801-July 1825
- "I Would Sooner See Revolution," August 1825-March 1833
- "A Substantial Farmer of Old Sumner," April 1833-January 1850
- "Still a Democrat of the Jackson School," January 1850-March 1861
- "Send Donelson's Brigade": The War Begins, April 1861-April 1862
- "A Most Determined Courage": Perryville, April 1862-October 1862
- "More Distinguished Bravery": Murfreesboro, October 1862-January 1863
- "An Irreparable Loss": East Tennessee, January 1863-April 1863
- "Something Peculiarly Appropriate in the Man for the Time".
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Spence, Doug Daniel Smith Donelson
- ISBN:
- 9781621907411
- 1621907414
- OCLC:
- 1377818667
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