Napoleon J.T. Dana

Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana was a career U.S. Army officer who fought with distinction during the MexicanAmerican War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely, and later in life was involved with railroads and veteran soldier affairs in the U.S.

Dana was born at Fort Sullivan, in Eastport, Maine. He was a first cousin of James J. Dana and later would be the fatherinlaw of John C. Tidball. His father Nathaniel G. Dana, also a West Point graduate and officer serving in the 1st U.S. Artillery, was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Danas paternal grandfather, Luther Dana, was a naval officer in the American Revolution, and his maternal grandfather, Woodbury Langdon, served as a member of the Continental Congress , and later a U.S. Senator and governor of New Hampshire.

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