Daniel L. McDonald
Daniel L. McDonald was born on April 20, 1840, in Moore County, North Carolina, to Neill and Margaret McDonald. His father was a farmer who owned $250 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Moore County, and by the early 1860s, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army on September 12, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 35th North Carolina Infantry on November 6. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with black hair and blue eyes. He was wounded in the Battle of New Bern in March 1862, when an artillery shell “tore of[f] the calf of his left leg.” He remained in a hospital for six months before Confederate officials granted him a furlough to return home. He mustered out on November 27, 1863.
 
He remained in McNeills, North Carolina, after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $1,000 of real estate and $750 of personal property. He apparently never married, and he lived with his mother and sisters. He died of pneumonia in Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 25, 1920.
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(4240)McDonald, Daniel L.1840-04-201920-02-25
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (11759) [associated with] ~ Hugh B. Bryan to Neill R. McDonald, 21 April 1862
  • (11761) [writer] ~ Daniel L. McDonald to Sarah J. McDonald, 10 February 1862
  • (11777) [writer] ~ Daniel L. McDonald to Noah Deaton, 28 October 1867

People - Records: 13

  • (4240) McDonald, Daniel L. is the [sibling of] (3233) McDonald, Sarah Jane
  • (4240) McDonald, Daniel L. is the [sibling-in-law of] (3307) Deaton, Noah
  • (4240) McDonald, Daniel L. is the [aunt/uncle of] (5359) Deaton, Angus
  • (4239) McDonald, Neill R. is the [parent of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4242) McDonald, Flora M. is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4246) McDonald, Catherine is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4248) McDonald, Sallie is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4249) Currie, Flora Jane is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4250) McDonald, M. J. is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4253) McDonald, Eliza C. is the [sibling of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4254) McIver, Mary Jane is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (4255) McDonald, Mary Ann is the [sibling of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.
  • (5645) McDonald, Neill is the [cousin of] (4240) McDonald, Daniel L.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2303) [birth] ~ Moore County, North Carolina
  • (301) [death] ~ Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (919) [enlisted] [C] ~ 35th North Carolina Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Daniel L. McDonald, available from Fold3.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1976, available from Ancestry.com.