Capt. Daniel Smith Donelson, CSA

Age 21. Cause of death: Killed. Interred May 1, 1864. Source: Elmwood Burial Records

Sergeant Co. E. 154 Senior Regiment Tennessee, transferred to Col. John D. Martin's regiment as Adjutant, 1863.

A collection of letters offered up for auction show that "he was robbed and murdered while returning to Parole Camp in DeSoto County, Mississippi".

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Donelson, John S.
BATTLE UNIT NAME:
154th Senior Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (1st Tennessee Volunteers)
SIDE:
Confederacy
COMPANY:
E
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:
Second Lieutenant
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:
Captain
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:
M231 ROLL 12
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:
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