General Gabriel Rains, C.S.A.

General Gabriel Rains, C.S.A.

(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1827; Seminole War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in September 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army that month. Major campaigns and battles include Yorktown, the Peninsular cam...

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Main Author: Duffee & Murdock, Mobile
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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures
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General Gabriel Rains, C.S.A.
Duffee & Murdock, Mobile
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Rains, Gabriel James, 1803-1881; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--North Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1827; Seminole War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in September 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army that month. Major campaigns and battles include Yorktown, the Peninsular campaign, and Seven Pines. Responsible for the effective development of an early verison of land mines and booby-traps; spent remainder of the war as superintendent of the Torpedo Bureau. After the war, Rains worked as a chemist in Georgia. He died there in August 1881 and is buried in Aiken, South Carolina. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000000101Q101General Gabriel Rains, C.S.A.(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1827; Seminole War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in September 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army that month. Major campaigns and battles include Yorktown, the Peninsular campaign, and Seven Pines. Responsible for the effective development of an early verison of land mines and booby-traps; spent remainder of the war as superintendent of the Torpedo Bureau. After the war, Rains worked as a chemist in Georgia. He died there in August 1881 and is buried in Aiken, South Carolina. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.1864-1865 circa1860-1869Duffee & Murdock, MobileRains, Gabriel James, 1803-1881; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--North Carolina; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #085v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00150http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6385
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