Daniel Smith Donelson

Daniel Smith Donelson (June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863) was an American planter, politician, and military officer. The historic Fort Donelson was named for him when he was serving as a brigadier general in the Tennessee state militia during the American Civil War. He was commissioned as a Confederate general, serving notably at the battles of Perryville and Stones River.

After their father died when Donelson and his two brothers were young, the three boys were taken in and adopted by their paternal aunt Rachel Donelson Jackson and her husband Andrew Jackson, a future United States president.