Too frequently, historians stumble across mysteries that they lack the evidence to solve. Most of the time, those mysteries are relegated to a folder, where they sit and nag at the mind. While writing the Donelson biography, I came across one such mystery: the murder of Andrew Jackson Donelson's son, Daniel Smith Donelson (1842-1864). The … Continue reading The Murder of Lt. Daniel Smith Donelson, C.S.A.
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Jacksonian America: Society, Personality, and Politics 