| Summary: | (Photograph has been retouched to show him as a brigadier general, but was wearing a colonel's uniform when photographed circa 1861-1862.) Commissioned as a colonel in the 11th Tennessee Infantry in May 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in November 1862. Major campaigns and battles include the Kentucky campaign and Stones Bridge. Rains was killed in action at Stones Bridge in December 1862. 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.
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