Daniel M. Frost
| Daniel Marsh Frost | |
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| Born |
August 9, 1823 Duanesburg, New York |
| Died | October 29, 1900 (aged 77) Hazelwood, Missouri |
| Place of burial | Calvary Cemetery St. Louis, Missouri |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1844–1853 (USA) 1861–1863 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (MVM) Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Battles/wars |
U.S.-Mexican War -Battle of Cerro Gordo American Civil War - Battle of Prairie Grove |
Daniel Marsh Frost (August 9, 1823 – October 29, 1900) was an antebellum officer in the United States Army and then a brigadier general in the Missouri Volunteer Militia (MVM) and the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was one of a handful of Confederate generals born in the North, and commanded the MVM during the Camp Jackson Affair in May 1861 that fanned civil unrest in St. Louis.
Daniel M. Frost was born near Duanesburg in rural Schenectady County, New York. He was a descendant of the Winthrop family through Elizabeth Fones, and a descendant of John Bowne.
He was appointed from New York to the United States Military Academy in nearby West Point and graduated in 1844, ranking 4th in a class of 24. Frost was brevetted as a second lieutenant in the infantry and assigned to garrison duty. With the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, he served under Winfield Scott in the Army of Occupation in Mexico and was brevetted for gallantry in action at the Battle of Cerro Gordo.
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