Daniel Weisiger Adams (May 1, 1821 – June 13, 1872) was a lawyer and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[1][2][4][8] Adams was put in an ambulance wagon, but had become unresponsive, so the driver assumed he was dead and threw him overboard to lighten the load.

[9] Adams was saved when passing soldiers of the 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment found him and realized that he was still alive.

[2][4][8] Adams returned to duty in early 1863 and led his brigade at the siege of Jackson, Mississippi under General Joseph E.

Adams surrendered to Union forces in Meridian, Mississippi on May 9 and took the oath of allegiance to the United States.

[1][3] After the war ended, Adams spent some time in England,[2] then returned to New Orleans to practice law along with Harry T. Hays, a fellow Confederate general.

Adams lived for a time in New York City where he was involved in the real estate business before moving back to New Orleans to resume his law practice and engage in state politics.