James Edwards Rains
Military Person
1833 – 1862
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Who was James Edwards Rains?
James Edwards Rains was a lawyer and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was appointed and nominated as a brigadier general on November 4, 1862, but his appointment was unconfirmed at the date of his death. He was killed while leading his brigade at the Battle of Stones River on December 31, 1862 before the Confederate States Senate acted on his nomination.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1833
Nashville - Nationality
- Confederate States of America
- United States of America
- Education
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Tennessee
- Died
- Dec 31, 1862
Murfreesboro - Resting place
- Mount Olivet Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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