Bios for D.W. Adams

[Missouri_Rebel]

sorry so late to start but have been busy...then loss of power...etc but here is my first attempt.

Brig. Gen. Daniel Weisiger Adams (b.1821 d.1872) was born in Frankfort Kentucky on May 1, 1821 and was the brother of CSA General William Wirt Adams. When he was four years old his family relocated to Natchez, Mississippi. Adams studied law at the University of Virginia where he graduated in 1842. In 1843 he mortally wounded James Hagen in a duel over an unflattering editorial written about his father, a prominent politician. Although charged and tried with murder, he was later acquitted by jury. In Mississippi Adams would go on to serve in the state legislature until 1852. Shortly thereafter he moved to Louisiana and set up a law practice. It was there that he was appointed to the war board in preparations for expected hostilities following the secession of Louisiana. During this time he saw himself more of a practicing soldier than a paper-pusher and therefore decided to resign his post and join the 1st Louisiana Regular Infantry, being commissioned Lt. Colonel February 5, 1861. Adams was later promoted to full Colonel and served in the Adley H. Gladden brigade. When Gladden was killed in action, D.W.was given command of the brigade and it was with it that he led his assault against strongly prepared Union positions dubbed the Hornets Nest at the battle of Shiloh. During the charge, D.W. was seriously wounded and lost his right eye. It would prove to be his first of three times being wounded during the course of the war. On May 23, 1862 Adams was promoted Brigadier General and shortly after he was given the command of a Louisiana brigade in the Army of Mississippi. His first engagement in this capacity was at the Battle of Perryville, located in Kentucky. He would later engage Federal forces at the Battle of Stones River on Dec.31 1862. Here Adams and his brigade were brutally turned back under withering fire while assaulting Federal trench positions in an area named Round Forest, with Adams himself being wounded a second time. Adams did not return to command until June of 1863 where he participated in operations in Mississippi to thwart Union consolidation of forces. Later D.W. Adams and his brigade moved north and participated in the Battle of Chickamauga where,on September 1863, he was wounded yet a third time and was captured. Gen. D.H. Hill would say of Adams some time after Chickamauga that "It was difficult for me to decide which the most to admire, his courage in the field or his unparalleled cheerfulness under suffering".He was released from captivity during a prisoner exchange and was given command of a calvary brigade, although he was to leave the post only a short time later for a non-combatant role as the head of the District of North Alabama. He served in this administrative post until 1865 and at one point turned down an offer to be a divisional commander under Nathan Bedford Forrest. In March of 1865 he would once again command from the field when he was given the overall command of the newly created Army of Alabama, which saw action in various late war battles including Selma Alabama and Columbus, Georgia. Adams surrendered to Federal forces and was paroled on May 9 1865. After the war, D.W. traveled to the United Kingdom and then returned back to New Orleans to practice law as before the war. General D.W. Adams died June 13, 1872 at the age of 51. He is buried in Greenwood cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi near his brother, CSA Gen. William W. Adams.

[Gil R.]

Thanks! I'll look it over later. (Still one or two others ahead of you in the queue.)

[Gil R.]

Realizing that if I keep editing Battleline's bios, like those Chinese marching into the sea I'd never reach the end, I'm calling a temporary moratorium on editing those until I've gone through bios by the rest of you. So, here's a slightly reworked Adams bio. (No factual changes, just a few based on style.) Plus, I've given him some ratings.


Brig. Gen. Daniel Weisiger Adams (b. 1821, d. 1872). Adams was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on May 1, 1821 and was the brother of CSA Gen. William Wirt Adams. When he was four years old his family relocated to Natchez, Mississippi. Adams studied law at the University of Virginia, from which he graduated in 1842. It was in 1843 that he mortally wounded James Hagen in a duel over an unflattering editorial written about his father, a prominent politician. Although charged and tried with murder, he was later acquitted by a jury. We should say who James Hagen was, if he was anyone other than some editorial-writer who got shot. In Mississippi, Adams would go on to serve in the state legislature until 1852. Shortly thereafter he moved to Louisiana and set up a law practice. It was there that he was appointed to the war board in preparations for expected hostilities following the secession of Louisiana. During this time he saw himself as more of a practicing soldier than a paper-pusher, and therefore decided to resign his post and join the 1st Louisiana Regular Infantry, being commissioned Lt. Colonel on February 5, 1861. Adams was later promoted to full Colonel and served in Gen. Adley H. Gladden’s brigade. When Gladden was killed in action, Adams was given command of the brigade, which he subsequently led in an assault against the strongly prepared Union positions dubbed the “Hornets Nest” at the Battle of Shiloh. During the charge, Adams was seriously wounded and lost his right eye. It would prove to be the first of three times he was wounded during the course of the war. On May 23, 1862 Adams was promoted to Brigadier General and shortly thereafter he was given the command of a Louisiana brigade in the Army of Mississippi. His first engagement in this capacity was at the Battle of Perryville, located in Kentucky. He would later engage Federal forces at the Battle of Stones River on Dec. 31, 1862. Here Adams and his brigade were brutally turned back under withering fire while assaulting Federal trench positions in an area named Round Forest, with Adams himself being wounded a second time. Adams did not return to command until June, 1863, when he participated in operations in Mississippi to thwart the Union’s consolidation of forces. Later, Adams and his brigade moved north and participated in the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded yet a third time and was captured. Gen. D.H. Hill would say of Adams some time later that, "It was difficult for me to decide which the most to admire, his courage in the field or his unparalleled cheerfulness under suffering." He was released from captivity during a prisoner exchange and was given command of a cavalry brigade, although he was to leave the post only a short time later for a non-combatant role as the head of the District of North Alabama. He served in this administrative post until 1865 and at one point turned down an offer to be a divisional commander under Nathan Bedford Forrest. In March, 1865 he would once again command from the field when he was given the overall command of the newly created Army of Alabama, which saw action in various late war battles including Selma Alabama and Columbus, Georgia. Adams surrendered to Federal forces and was paroled on May 9 1865. After the war, D.W. traveled to the United Kingdom and then returned back to New Orleans to practice law as before the war. General D.W. Adams died June 13, 1872 at the age of 51. He is buried in Greenwood cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi near his brother, CSA Gen. William W. Adams.


Leadership: 6
Tactics: 4
Initiative: 4
Command: 5
Cavalry: 3

Teaches: Random (-1)

[Gil R.]

So was Hagen anyone of note, or should we just keep it as is?

[Missouri_Rebel]

sorry, he was not of note from what I can tell. Just some writer/journalist.

[Gil R.]

Great. Your bios are all ready for inclusion in the next patch, then. Thanks!