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482……(Born N.
C.)
Gabriel J. Rains
(Ap’d
N. C.)………13
Military History.
-- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1823, to July 1, 1827, when he
was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut. Of
Infantry, July 1, 1827.
Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1827.
Served: in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828, -- and Ft. Gibson, I. T.,
1828-31; on Commissary duty, subsisting Indians, 1831-34;
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Jan. 28, 1834)
on frontier duty at Ft.
Gibson, I. T., 1834-35, -- and Little Rock, Ark., 1835; on Recruiting
service, 1835-37; on frontier duty at Ft Gibson, I. T.,
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, Dec. 25, 1837)
1837-39; in the Florida War
against the Seminole Indians, 1839-40, 1841-42, being engaged in the
Skirmish near Ft. King, Apr. 28, 1840, where
(Bvt. Major, Apr. 28, 1840,
for Gallant and Mertorious Conduct
in the Action with the
Seminole Indians, near Ft. King, Fla.)
he was severely wounded; in
garrison at Ft. Wood, La., 1842-44, -- Baton Rouge, La., 1844-45, -- and Ft.
McRee, Fla., 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May 3-9, 1846; on
Recruiting service, 1846-48; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
1848-49; in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849-50; in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1850, -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1850,
-- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1850-51, --
(Major, 4th
Infantry, Mar. 9, 1851)
and Ft. Columbus, N. Y.,
1852; on voyage to California, 1852-53; on frontier duty at Ft. Vancouver,
Wash., 1853, -- Ft. Dalles, Or., 1853-55, -- Expedition against the Yakima
Indians, 1855, -- Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1855-56, -- Ft. Humboldt, Cal.,
1856-60, -- and Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1860;
(Lieut.-Colonel, 5th
Infantry, June 5, 1860)
and on leave of absence,
1860-61.
Resigned, July 31, 1861.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History, --
Clerk of Quartermaster, U. S. Army, at Charleston, S. C., 1877-80.
Died, Aug. 6, 1881, at
Aiken, S. C.: Aged 78.
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