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The Daniel Smith Donelson House, also known as Eventide, is a historic house in Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.. The house was built circa 1830 for Daniel...

Daniel Smith Donelson (June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863) was a Tennessee planter, politician, and soldier. The historic Fort Donelson was named for him...

Donelson. The Donelsons worked for their uncle as his career in politics progressed and he attained the presidency. They moved into the White House with...

Jackson Donelson, {grandson of John Donelson and brother to Daniel Smith Donelson) General Daniel Smith Donelson, CSA {grandson of John Donelson and nephew...

thereby the Confederacy. The fort was named after Confederate general Daniel S. Donelson. The Union Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Brigadier General Ulysses...

historic mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.. The house was built in 1857 for Daniel Smith Donelson, a nephew of U.S. President Andrew Jackson and son-in-law...

Donelson Martin (1830–1862) William Donelson (1756–1820) Samuel Donelson (1758–1804), father of Andrew Jackson Donelson and CS General Daniel Smith Donelson...

Daniel Smith Donelson, would become the Confederate brigadier general after whom Fort Donelson was later named. Donelson's father died when Donelson was...

The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate...

"National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Daniel Smith Donelson House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior...

former home of Daniel Smith. Construction began in 1784; its completion was delayed by conflicts with area Native Americans and the house was completed...

of Daniel Smith. Her half-brothers from her mother's first marriage were Rachel and Andrew Jackson's nephews Andrew Jackson Donelson and Daniel Smith Donelson...

early 20th-century it was a White House position that carried out all the tasks now spread throughout the modern White House Office. The Secretary would act...

Stockly Donelson (1835-1895) lived in the house with his wife, Alice Ewin Donelson (1836-1881). Subsequently, it was home to their son, John Donelson (1874-1952)...

at most of the great battles that became turning points of the war—Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Atlanta" and "won the decisive battles in the decisive...

five of whom—Griffith Rutherford, John Sevier, James Winchester, Stockley Donelson and Parmenas Taylor—were eventually appointed by President Washington....

immediate assault on Fort Donelson, which dominated the Cumberland River. Unaware of the garrison's strength, Grant, McClernand, and Smith positioned their divisions...

Europe. The Know Nothing convention chose Fillmore's running mate: Andrew Donelson of Kentucky, the nephew by marriage and once-ward of President Jackson...

Peel had little interest in pushing abolitionism in Texas. Fillmore and Donelson ran on the American Party ticket in the 1856 United States presidential...

Forts Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0-87049-538-0. Daniel, Larry J. and...