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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)

r-General Gabriel J. Rains was born in Craven county, N. C., June, 1803, the son of Gabriel M. Rains, and was educated at West Point, with graduation in the class of 1827, of which Leonidas Polk was a member. He was given a lieutenancy in the Seventh infantry, and during his service in the West, mainly in Indian Territory, won promotion to captain by the close of 1837. Participating in the Florida war against the Seminole Indians, he defeated a large body of the savages near Fort King, April 28, 1840, but was so severely wounded that an announcement of his death was widely published. He received the brevet of major for his gallantry on this field. Returning to duty, he served at the Louisiana and Florida posts and in the military occupation of Texas. At Fort Brown in 1846 he gave the deciding vote in the council of officers against capitulation to General Ampudia and took an active part in the defense. He was at the battle of Resaca de la Palma, and immediately after was detaile

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