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Brigadier General Daniel Weisiger Adams Born June 1821 at Frankfort, KY Wounded at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing, Stone's River/Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga Died June 13, 1872 at New Orleans LA Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson MS in unmarked grave by his brother
FATHER:
BROTHER: Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams
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Pre-War Profession Lawyer War Service 1861 Lt. Col. of 1st Louisiana Regulars, October 1861 Col., Pensacola, Shiloh (w), May 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn (the Louisiana Brigade) at Perryville, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn (the same brigade) at Murfreesboro (w), commanded Adams' Bde/Breckenridge's Divn at Chickamauga (w,c), commanded Dist. of Central Alabama, defence of Selma. Post War Career Lawyer
Units Which Served under Gen. Adams:
As Brig. General:
Shiloh:
13th Louisiana/20th Louisiana, Col. Randall L. Gibson, Col. Leon von Zinken, Capt. E. M. Dubroca 16th Louisiana/26th Louisiana, Col. Daniel Gober 19th Louisiana, Lt. Col. Richard W. Turner, Maj. Loudon Butler, Capt. H. A. Kennedy 14th Louisiana Battalion, Maj. J. E. Austin
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Dimitry, J. W. - Confederate Military History - Louisiana Volume |
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Rigdon, John C. - Historical Sketch and Roster of the Louisiana 1st Infantry Regiment |
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Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in Louisiana |
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Rigdon, John C. Confederate Generals |
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| The Southern Historical Society Papers |
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