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Daniel Weisiger Adams (May 1, 1821 – June 13, 1872) was a lawyer and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (Civil War). ==Early life and career== Adams was born in Frankfort, Kentucky,〔Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 99.〕〔Faust, Patricia L. ''Adams, Daniel Weisiger''. In ''Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War'', edited by Patricia L. Faust. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN 978-0-06-273116-6., p.2.〕〔Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2. p. 2.〕〔Warner, Ezra J., ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders'', Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5. p. 1.〕 to George Adams and Anna Weisiger Adams. His brother, William Wirt Adams, also was a Confederate Army brigadier general.〔〔〔 The family moved to Mississippi in 1825.〔According to Eicher, 2001, p. 99, Adams was educated at the University of Virginia. Other sources for this article do not mention his education at the University of Virginia.〕 Adams read law and became a lawyer in Mississippi.〔〔〔 He also was a second lieutenant in the Mississippi militia and a member of the Mississippi legislature.〔 Adams killed, in a duel, a newspaper editor who had criticized his father.〔〔〔〔Warner says that Adams's father was a federal judge. Eicher, 2001, p. 99 says Adams killed a federal judge who had criticized his father's newspaper.〕 Adams moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1852.〔 He became prominent in local political and social circles, and his practice became one of the city's largest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Weisiger Adams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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