RAINS, James Edward

Confederate

Born: April 10 1833, Nashville TN

Died: December 31 1862, Murfreesboro T

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, newspaper editor, US district attorney.

War Service: 1861 Pvt. in 11th Tennessee, May 1861 Col., Cumberland Gap, Kentucky campaign, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/McCown's Divn at Murfreesboro (k).

Post War: At the Battle of Stones River on December 31, 1862, Rains was shot through the heart and killed instantly while leading his brigade forward in an attack against Union artillery.