ADAMS, Daniel Weisiger

Affiliation:  Confederate

Born: May/June 1821, Frankfort KY

Died:  June 13 1872, New Orleans LA

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:  Lawyer