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Daniel M. Frost | |
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Birth name | Daniel Marsh Frost |
Born | Duanesburg, New York, U.S. | August 9, 1823
Died | October 29, 1900 Hazelwood, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 77)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States Confederate States |
Service | United States Army Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1844–1853 (USA) 1861–1863 (CSA) |
Rank | First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier-General (MVM) Brigadier-General (CSA) |
Commands | Frost's Division |
Battles / wars |
Daniel Marsh Frost (August 9, 1823 – October 29, 1900) was a former United States Army officer who became a brigadier general in the Missouri Volunteer Militia (MVM) and the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Among the handful of Confederate generals born in the North, Frost led the MVM during the Camp Jackson affair in May 1861 that fanned civil unrest in St. Louis.