Rainwaters in the Civil War

Rainwaters in the Civil War

Union
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minesota
Missouri
Ohio
Southern Claims Commission
Tennessee
West Virginia
 Confederate
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Other

The Union

Arkansas
Abraham B. Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, Company A & Company M, Private [401], [1271]
  • Born 13 Jun 1846, died 1 Apr 1929 [1156]
  • Enlisted 15 Jan 1863 at Cassville, MO [1156]
  • Discharged 20 Aug 1865 at Memphis, TN [1156]
  • Pension #609748 [401]
  • Found in 1850C HH of Matthew & Mahala Rainwater in Johnson Co., IL [6]
  • Husband of Harriet Watson Goddard [1156]
Hiram R. Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, Company E or G, Private [401], [1271]
  • Found in the 1850C HH of John & Elizabeth Rainwater in Crawford Co., AR [6]
  • Wife Sarah A. Selby filed for widow's pension, application #917726 [401]
Jackson D. Rainwater, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company B, Private [401], [1271]
  • Son of Diana and Elias Rainwater [290]
  • Pension #732469 [401]
  • Died ca 1893 [401]
  • Widow Nancy F. Rainwater, pension #463662 [401]
  • Minor child pension #463663 [401]
John Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, Company A & M, Private [401], [1271]
Presley R. Rainwater, 1st Arkansas Infantry, Company A, Private [401]
  • Son of James and Delilah Rainwater [6]
  • Pension application #1425782 [401]

Illinois
Jacob A. Rainwater, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company L, Private [401], [793]
  • Son of John and Mary A. Rainwater [7]
  • Pension #223764 [401], [1916]
  • Applied for admission into the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home, Quincy, IL [1915]
  • Died ca 1904 [401]
  • Widow Nautilla E. Rainwater (transcribed as Mantilla in index), pension #590520 [401], [1917]
  • Buried at Quincy National Cemetery, section B site 296 [2152]
John Rainwater, 73rd Illinois Infantry, Company D, Private [401], [793]
  • Son of James Rainwater and Mary McDaniel [6]
  • Enlisted 26 Jul 1862 [1054]
  • Born 1838 in Pulaski Co., KY, Died ca 1863 of measles in army camp at Nashville, TN in 1863 [376]
  • Widow Elizabeth Rainwater, pension #69248 [401]
  • Minor child pension #124297 [401]
  • Buried in National Cemetery at Nashville [2152]

Indiana
Abram Rainwater, 43rd Indiana Infantry, Company F [374], [437]
  • Son of Abraham Rainwater and Anna McLaughlin [6]
  • Enlisted 27 Sep 1861 [1054]
Ephriam Rainwater, 50th Indiana Infantry, Company G [401]
  • Son of Abraham Rainwater and Anna McLaughlin [6]
  • Enlisted 8 Jan 1864 [1054]
  • Pension #400562 [401]
Ira H. Rainwater, Indiana 43rd Infantry, Company F, 2nd Lieutenant [374]
  • Served 27 Sep 1861-24 Jan 1862 and then resigned [376]
  • Son of Abraham Rainwater and Anna McLaughin [6]
  • See Minnesota entry

Iowa
Paschal P. Rainwater, 44th Iowa Infantry, Company B, Private [401]
  • Son of Jonathan J. and Elizabeth Rainwater [6]
  • Enlisted 29 Apr 1864, age 21, At Muscature, IA [1619]
  • Pension #984561 [401]
  • Applied for admission into the State Soldiers' Home of Washington, 21 Oct 1918 [1619]
  • Died 28 Aug 1919 [401], [966]
  • Widow Josephine Rainwater, pension #879667 [401]

Kansas
William P. Rainwater, 14th Kansas Infantry, Company L, Private [401], [1271]
  • Found in the 1860 HH of John and Mary Rainwater, Americus, Breckinridge, KS [6]
  • Born ca. 1844, Died 3 Oct 1863 [6]
  • Father, John S. Rainwater, applied for pension #564063 [401]
  • Buried at Fort Scott National. Cm., Kansas [2152]

Kentucky
Jackson Rainwater, Kentucky 6th Cavalry, Company E, Corporal, 15 Feb 1863 [401]
  • Born 1845, died after 1892 [401]
  • Pension application #1138093 [401]
John Raleigh Rainwater, 13th Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Private, 23 Dec 1863 - 10 Jan 1865 [401]
  • Son of Minerva Rayborn & William Howard Rainwater, Sr. [6]
  • Born 1841, died 1910 [6], [401]
  • Enlisted 21 Nov 1863 at Columbia, KY [1054]
  • Pension #833299 [401]
  • Widow Rhoda Cole Rainwater, pension application #952612, died ca 1912 [401]
  • Minor children Alfred and Noah L. received pension payments after mother's death, #858031 [401]
Josiah W. Rainwater, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Sergeant, 1 Jan 1862 - 10 Jan 1865 [401]
Miles Rainwater, 19th Kentucky Infantry, Company C, Private, 2 Jan 1862 - 26 Jan 1865 [401]
  • Son of Minerva Rayborn & William Howard Rainwater, Sr. [6]
  • Born ca 1845, died 26 Sep 1927 [6]
  • Enlisted 1 Nov 1861 at Harrodsburg, KY [1054]
  • Pension #364917 [401]
  • Married three times. 1st Permelia Emily Cain, 2nd Elizabeth Warner, 3rd Rebecca Davis, whom the pension records call Ollie [401]
Miles Rainwater, 1st & 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company C, Sergeant, 8 Oct 1861 - 9 May 1863 [401]
  • Son of Nancy McLaughlin and Bartholomew Rainwater [56]
  • Born 1836 in Pulaski Co., KY, died California 22 Dec 1914 [490]
  • Discharged by army surgeon in 1863 for disability [401]
  • Pension #277004 [401]
  • Widow Cornelia A. Rainwater, pension #787278 [401], [490]
  • Served as 1st Lieutenant and Captain of Company E "Colored", 1st Battalion, Irregular Kansas State Militia in 1864 [1269]
Silas Rainwater, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Corporal, 1 Jan 1862 - 20 Sep 1863 [401]
  • Son of Frances Chaney and Miles Rainwater [6]
  • Born ca 1844 in Pulaski Co., KY [6]
  • Killed at Battle of Chickamauga [45]
  • Mother Frances Rainwater's pension #233962 [401]
William C. Rainwaters, 11th Kentucky Infantry, Company A, Private [376]
  • Died ca 1863 [401]
  • Widow Rebecca J. Rainwater, pension #93288 [401]

Minnesota
Ira H. Rainwater, 11th Minnesota Infantry, Company H, Sergeant [401]
  • Son of Abraham Rainwater and Anna McLaughlin [6]
  • Enlisted 17 Aug 1864 [1054]
  • Pension #484525 [401]
  • Died ca 1902 [401]
  • Widow Caroline Rainwater, pension #543755 [401]
  • see Indiana entry

Missouri
Aaron Rainwater, 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company D, Private [401], [1271]
  • Born ca 1816, died 1902 [401]
  • Pension #812738 [401]
  • Living in Knoxville, Ray Co., MO in 1890 [440]
Abraham Butler Rainwater, 45th Missouri Infantry, Company G & 48th Missouri Infantry, Company D, both as Private [401], [1271]
  • Born 1845, died 27 Nov 1917 [401]
  • Enlisted at age 20 on 5 Sep 1964 at Linn Creek, MO
  • Mustered in on 5 Sep 1864 at Sedalia, MO. Mustered out on 29 Jun 1865. [2103]
  • Pension #412793 [401]
  • Living in Jackson, Camden Co., MO in 1890 [440]
  • Widow Sarah C. Rainwater, pension #853432 [401]
Ashley W. Rainwater, 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company D, Corporal [401], [1271]
  • Born 1839, died 1924 [401]
  • Pension #554045 [401]
  • Living in Polk, Ray Co., MO in 1890 [440]
Francis M. Rainwater, Bradshaw's or McClurg's Company G, Osage County Home Guards, Sergeant [401], [1271]
  • Born ca 1840, died 1900 [401]
  • Found in 1850 and 1860 HH of Gideon E. & Mary Ann Rainwater [5], [6]
  • Pension #314634 [401]
  • Living in Jackson Twp., Camden Co., MO in 1890 [10], [440]
  • Member of Grand Army of the Republic Post #479 in Montreal, Camden Co., MO [441]
Gideon E. Rainwater, 48th Missouri Infantry, Company D, Private & 45th Missouri Infantry, Company G, 1st Sergeant [401], [1271], [2104]
  • Enlisted in Osage Regiment as a 1st Sergeant, 18 Jul 1861 at Miller Co., MO [2104]
  • Enlisted in 45th Regiment Infantry, Co. G at age 44 on 1 Oct 1864 at Linn Creek, MO [2104]
  • Mustered in on 1 Oct 1864 at Jefferson Co., MO. Mustered out on 29 Jun 1865. [2104]
  • Died 1865 [401]
  • Widow Mary A. Rainwater, pension #134264 [401]
  • Pension for minor child #703885 [401]
  • Widow living in Jackson, Camden Co., MO in 1890 [440]
  • Also served with Bradshaw's Company G, Osage County Home Guard as a Sergeant [1271]
Jacob Rainwater, 51st Missouri Enlisted Militia, Company A, Bugler [401]
  • Found in the 1850 HH of James Rainwater and Delilah Kifer [6]
  • Born 1836, died 1906 [401]
  • Pension application #1083177 [401]
  • Widow Nellie L. Rainwater, pension application #925094 [401]
Malcolm B. Rainwater, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company A & Company I, 6th State Militia Cavalry, both as a Private [401], [1271]
  • Son of John Nelson Rainwater and Barbara Emmett [6]
  • Died 1863 [401]
  • Widow Margaret Artman Rainwater, pension #96001 [401]
Nicholas B. Rainwater, Company G, 47th Missouri Infantry, Private [1271]
  • Son of Vincent and Margaret Rainwater [6]

Ohio
David Rainwater, 21st Ohio, Light Artillary Battalion, Private [401], [1271]
  • Found in mother Martha Rainwater's 1850 HH in Johnson Co., IL and 1860 HH in Blount Co., TN [6], [7]
  • Enlisted 4 Jan 1865 at age 18 [1054]
  • Pension #1132671, #2486225 [401]
  • Wife Rena Wynn found in 1880 census [9], [290]

Applications filed with the Southern Claims Commission for compensation of services rendered the Union during the Civil War
Benjamin Rainwater [375]
  • Filed claim #19755 in Washington, AR in 1876[375]
John M. Rainwater[375]
  • Filed claim #3608 in Milton Co., GA in 1878 [375]
  • Son of Didama Hembre and Job Rainwater [6]
John S. Rainwater [375]
  • Filed claim #5137 in Crawford Co, AR [375]
Lacy D. Rainwater, Milton, GA [375]
  • Son of Didama Hembre and Job Rainwater [6]
  • Brother of Sidney Yancey Rainwater and Pinkney Ferron Rainwater [6]
  • Filed claim #3607 in Milton Co., GA in 1878 [375]
James Rainwaters [375]
John Rainwaters [375]
  • Filed claim #4768 in Washington, AR in 1873 [375]
Matthew Rainwaters [375]

Tennessee
A. Rainwater, 7th Tennessee Infantry, Company F, Private [376]
  • Died 31 July 1864, buried Andersonville, GA [376]
Anderson Harrison Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Company G, Private; Company I, Corporal; 2nd Cavalry, Company I, Sergeant [390], [401] [439]
  • Born ca 1844, died 1912 [401]
  • Found in 1850C HH of Milas W. & Martha Rainwater in Jefferson Co., TN [6]
  • Enlisted 22 Sept 1862, discharged 14 Jul 1865 [390]
  • Found in 1890 census in Trion, TN [390]
  • Wife Samantha, son Columbus [401]
  • Pension #218998 and #JE-193-1 [401]
Andrew Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Infantry, Company I, Private [401] [439]
  • Died 1864 [401]
  • Mother Martha Rainwater, pension #364609 [401]
  • Found in 1850C in Johnson Co., IL and 1860C in Blount Co., TN, and should not be confused with Andrew Rainwater the son of Maston Crawford and Martha McCarter Rainwater [6], [7]
David Rainwater, 3rd Mounted Infantry, Company E, Private [439]
 
George A. Rainwater, Tennessee 1st Cavalry, Companies E & G, Private [390] [439]
  • Found in 1850C HH of Eli & Catherine Rainwater in Jefferson Co., TN [6]
  • Born ca 1844, died 1891 [401]
  • Pension #317441 [401]
  • Widow Eliza A. Rainwater, pension #324322 [401]
  • Found in 1890 census in Rockwood, TN [390]
John W(esley) Rainwater, Tennessee 2nd Cavalry, Company I, Private [390], [439]
  • Son of Milas W. Rainwater & Martha Profitt [6]
  • Living in 1890, died ca 1929
  • Pension #526534 [401]
  • Married twice: Louisa H. Henry and Anna Manning [401]
  • Found in 1890 census in Chestnut Hill, TN [390]
Riley Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [439]
  • Pension #522571 [401]
  • Died ca 1906 [401]
  • Widow Cynthia Dunn Rainwater, pension #624441, issued in Colorado [390], [401]
Thomas Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Infantry, Company I, Private [439]
  • Minor child's pension application #494921 [401]
Wiley Rainwater, 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [10]
  • Son of John H. & Frances Bird Rainwater [6]
  • Injured when thrown from a horse [10]
  • Living in Versailles, Moreau Twp., Morgan Co., MO in 1890 [10]
Willliam Rainwater, 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [10]
  • Living in Versailles, Moreau Twp., Morgan Co., MO in 1890 [10]
William Rainwater, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company E, Private [439]

West Virginia
Robert Rainwater, West Virginia Company K, 5th Infantry, Corporal [2152]
  • Buried at Annapolis National Cemetery

The Confederacy

Alabama
A(lbert) Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E [950]
  • Died 31 May 1864 [950]
  • Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA [950]
Allen T. Rainwater, Josh McCain's Home Guard, Private [974]
Edward Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Might be the individual found in 1850C HH of Green & Harriett Rainwater in Washington Co., AL [6]
  • Died 17 May 1862 [1201]
  • Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, VA [1201]
J. D. Rainwater, Alabama Artillary, 1st Battalion, Private [125]
 
J. J. Rainwater, Alabama 32nd Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
 
John D. Rainwater, Alabama Infantry, 1st Regiment, Company D, Private [125]
 
Moses Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E, Corporal [125]
  • Found in 1850C HH of Green & Harriett Rainwater in Washington Co., AL [6]
  • Died 14 Aug 1862 [950]
  • Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA [950]
Elcany L. Rainwaters, Alabama 41st Infantry, Company H, Private [125]
  • Found in own 1850C HH in Marion Co., AL [6]
  • Son of William Rainwater & Elizabeth Lucas
John Rainwaters, Alabama 32nd Infantry, Company A, Private [125]
 
Miles Rainwaters, Alabama State Reserves, Palmer's Company, Corporal [125]
  • Widow Sarah Edwards Rainwater filed for pension in 1916 from Alabama [976]
S(amuel) P. Rainwater, Alabama 1st Infantry, Company D, Private [125], [2376]
Much of the information on this individual provided by Barry Rainwater
  • Son of Allen and Nancy Lambert Rainwater
  • Enlisted, at the age of 27, on April 1, 1861. He first served in Company G, Perote Guards, with his brother John Daniel Rainwater. Transferred to Company D. Captured April 8, 1862 during the battle of Island No. 10.
  • Died at Camp Douglas POW camp, Cook Co., IL, on 3 Sep 1862 [1063]
  • Cause of death was "Debilitas", an old term meaning a general decline in health, see POW Camp Sick Roster [2386]
  • Buried at Confederate Mound, Oak Woods cemetery, Chicago, IL and listed on this monument [1063], [2376]
Silas M. Rainwaters, Alabama 56th Partisan Rangers, Company I, Sergeant, and Alabama 13th Battalion Partisan Rangers, Company E, Sergeant [125]
W. Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E [950]
  • Died 15 Aug 1862 [950]
  • Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA [950]
William Rainwater, Alabama 61st Infantry, Company E, Private[125]

Arkansas
Benjamin Franklin Rainwater, Company A, Brook's Regiment, Fagen's Brigade, Washington Co., AR[1158]
  • Died 5 Nov 1882 in Washington Co., AR [1158]
  • Widow Amanda Adeline Rainwater's pension application rejected because her husband's service records could not be found. [385], [1158]
  • Based on the Order of Battle for the Battle of Helena, Arkansas, 4 July 1863, Benjamin F. Rainwater must have served in the 2nd Brigade, 34th Arkansas Infantry, under Gen. James F. Fagan, and under the immediate command of Col. W. H. Brooks. However, he is not carried on the company roster.
  • Not to be confused with B. F. Rainwater who served in the Texas 10th Cavalry, Company A as a Private [125]
D. M. Rainwaters, Arkansas 20th Infantry, Company G, Private [125]
  • Manson Daniel Rainwater, son of Matthew Rainwater and Mary Morrison [6]
Francis Marion Rainwater, Arkansas 13th Infantry, Company F, Corporal and 42nd Arkansas (Baber's) Cavalry, Company F [6], [125], [1091]
H. D. Rainwater, Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon's Regiment, Company H, Private [125]
 
James H. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Enlisted at age 23
  • Born in Tennessee
J. H. Rainwater, Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon's Regiment, Company H, Private [125]
 
J. M. S. Rainwaters, Arkansas 20th Infantry, Company G, Private [125]
  • James Madison S. Rainwater, son of Matthew Rainwater and Mary Morrison [6]
John W. Rainwater, 1st Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon's Regiment, Company H, Private [125]
  • Found in 1850 HH of Colin L. and Catherine Rainwater, Lawrence Co., AR [6]
  • Killed 31 Jul 1863 at Butler Co., AR [1093]
  • Wife Mrs. E. A. Rainwater filed for widow's pension #267 [391]
  • Pension application attested to by T. E. Rainwater and J. R. Cash [1093]
John Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company A, Private [125]
  • Enlisted 16 Jun 1862 at Fayetteville, see roster
Marion Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company F, Private [125]
  • Enlisted at age 24 in Lawrence Co., AL
  • Born in Alabama
Riley G. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company F, Corporal [125]
  • Found in the 1850 HH of Sarah and Hugh Rainwater, Lawrence Co., AR [6]
  • Filed for CSA pension in Arkansas on 23 June 1916 [391], [1095]
Thomas E. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Found in 1850 HH of Colin L. and Catherine Rainwater, Lawrence Co., AR [6]
  • Filed for pension #19126 in Arkansas on 27 June 1901 [391], [1097]
  • Attested to the pension application of sister-in-law, Mrs. E. A. Rainwater [1093]
W. C. Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company F, Private [125]
William L. Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company A, Private [125]
William Rainwater, Arkansas 8th Cavalry, Company D, Private [125]
 
William Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company E [125], [1100]
  • Died 22 Dec 1893 [391], [1100]
  • Wife Sarah R. (Hogan) Rainwater, widow's pension #5521, died 13 Sep 1910 [391], [1100]
  • Heirs of Sarah R. (Hogan) Rainwater: Deborah D. Edwards, P. A. Hogan, E. W. Hogan, Lucinda E.Webb, Amanda A. Churchill, G. B. Hogan, Mary A. Barnes [1100]

Georgia
Abner Rainwater, Georgia Cavalry, 9th Battalion (State Guards), Company E, Private [125]
  • Son of Solomon Rainwater Sr. and Ruth Felton
  • Born ca 1798
  • Found in Hancock Co., GA in 1850 census [6]
Alva C. Rainwater, Georgia Cavalry, 7th Battalion (State Guards), Company E, Corporal and Georgia 49th Infantry, Company I [125]
  • Son Abner Rainwater, brother of Crosby Rainwater and Thadeus Rainwater [6]
  • Born 1844 [446]
  • Regiment, "Pierce Guards", drawn from Hancock Co., GA [446]
  • Enlisted 4 Mar 1862 at age 18 [1054]
  • Discharged Oct 1862 [446]
  • Died 1900, buried in Powelton Cm., Hancock Co., GA [771]
Cicero Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company H, Corporal [125]
Crosby D. Rainwater, 7th Confederate Cavalry, Company E, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant [125]
Daniel Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Enlisted 25 Sep 1861 [1054]
  • No service record after 31 Oct 1862 [444]
Daniel W. Rainwater, Georgia 19th Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
 
David T. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Warsaw Rebels", drawn from Forsyth & Milton Counties [443]
  • Enlisted 7 Sep 1863 [1054]
  • Died in Dallas, TX on 9 Feb 1913 [129]
  • Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX [1505]
  • Obituary
E. Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
 
E(lisha) W. Rainwater, Georgia 4th Reserves, Company B, Private [125]
George Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Enlisted 25 Sep 1861 [1054]
  • Deserted 15 Oct 1861 [444]
George Wilburn Rainwater, Georgia 19th Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Son of James Rainwater the Blacksmith and Apposely Cunningham [6]
  • Regiment, "Palmetto Guards", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [443]
  • Captured 12 Dec 1864 [443]
  • Applied in 1915 for pension from Oklahoma [1490]
  • Wife Nancy Ann Parrish applied for pension from Oklahoma, #6633, microfilm is illegible
  • Buried in Garland Cemetery, Haskell Co., OK [1128]
Ira Simpson Rainwater, Georgia 9th Infantry (State Guards), Company C, Private [125]
  • Son of Elisha Gentry Rainwater and Elizabeth Grant
  • Widow Nancy Smith Rainwater filed for CSA widow's pension in Greene Co., GA [448]
J. Rainwaters, Georgia Siege Artillary, 28th Battalion, Company I, Private [125]
 
James H. Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
  • Son of Elisha W. & Mariah Rainwater [6]
  • Born 11 Apr 1844 in Gwinnett Co., GA [444]
  • Enlisted 1 May 1862 [1054]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Captured at 16 Dec 1864 Nashville, TN and released 12 Jun 1865 at Camp Chase [444]
  • Filed for CSA pension in Douglas Co., GA [1913]
  • Widow Annie filed for CSA widow's pension in Douglas Co., GA [1914]
James P. Rainwater, Georgia 21st Infantry, Company B, Private [125]
  • Found in the 1850 HH of Gabriel & Nancy Rainwater, Cherokee Co., GA [6]
  • Regiment, "Floyd Sharpshooters", drawn from Floyd Co., GA [443]
  • Enlisted 20 Feb 1862 [1054]
  • Died of disease at Richmond, VA 8 Apr 1862 [443]
  • Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, VA [1201]
James T. Rainwater, Georgia Light Artillary, 9th Battalion, Companies A & E, Private [125]
  • Not to be confused with the James T. Rainwater of Paulding County, son of Jane Rainwater Rash, who was married to Millie Elizabeth Paris and Susie Elizabeth Paris Wilson. The 9th Battalion was drawn from Fulton, Muscogee, and Gwinnett Counties, but not Paulding.
John Rainwater, Georgia 40th Infantry, Company K, Corporal [125]
  • Regiment, "Haralson Invincibles", drawn from Haralson Co., GA [445]
  • Enlisted 4 Mar 1862 [1054]
  • Captured at Vicksburg, MS 4 Jul 1863 [445]
  • Last service record 29 Feb 1864 shows him still in the hospital [445]
  • Wife Bargilla G. filed for CSA pension #07589 in Fannin Co., Texas [1023], [183], [385]
John M. Rainwater, Georgia Artillary, 9th Battalion, Companies A & E, Private [125]
 
J. S. Rainwater, 66th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company C, Private
  • Company drawn from Newton and misc Georgia counties [447]
J. W. Rainwater, Georgia Infantry, 27th Battalion, Company E, Private [125]
  • Filed for CSA pension in Milton Co., GA
  • On the pension rolls of Milton Co., GA from 1922-1927 [752]
Leander Rainwater, Georgia Regulars, 1st Regiment, Companies C & I, Private [125]
  • Born ca 1828 [6]
  • Wife was Susan A. B. Freeney [6]
  • Found in Hancock Co., Ga in 1850 census [6]
  • Enlisted 16 Feb 1861 [1054]
  • Killed at 2nd Manassas, VA on 30 Aug 1862 [442]
Lemuel Flewellyn Rainwater, Georgia Infantry, 27th Battalion, Company E, Private [125]
  • Son of Pinkney Ferron Rainwater and Sarah A. Eskew [400]
  • Born 2 Apr 1848 at Stone Mt., Dekalb Co., GA [400]
  • Lawyer, member of the Georgia State Senate [400]
  • Filed for CSA pension in Mississippi in 1924 [973]
M. Rainwater, Georgia 7th Infantry (State Guards), Company B, Private [125]
 
Miles Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private and Georgia 4th Reserves, Company B, Private [125]
  • Born 10 Sep 1817 in South Carolina [444], [1693]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Discharged by civil authorities 18 Aug 1862 [444]
  • Husband of Mary "Polly" Blanschet, Elizabeth Simmons & Sabra Smith
  • Filed for pension in Douglas Co., GA in 1898 [1693]
  • Witnessed the CSA widow's pension application of Mariah Rainwater, widow of E. W. Rainwater [448]
  • Died 4 Jan 1903 in Georgia [2090]
  • Widow Mrs. M. J. Rainwater filed for CSA widow's pension in Fulton Co., GA [2090]
Pinkney Ferron Rainwater, Georgia 42nd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Son of Didana Hembre and Job Rainwater, brother of Sidney Yancey Rainwater and Lacy D. Rainwater
  • Born 1812 in South Carolina, died of illness in 1865
  • Enlisted 4 Mar 1862 [1054]
  • Regiment, "Milton Tigers", drawn from Milton Co., GA [445]
  • Discharged 4 Nov 1862 due to chronic rheumatism [445]
Reason Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
  • Son of Apposely Cunningham and James Rainwater the Blacksmith [6]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Enlisted 25 Sep 1861 [1054]
  • Last service record dated 31 Oct 1862 [444]
  • Died 13 Sep 1891 in Montgomery Co., AR [1096]
  • Wife Arilda Jane's widow's pension #29053, she died 17 Aug 1929 [391], [1096]
Sidney Yancy Rainwater, Georgia 42nd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Son of Didana Hembre and Job Rainwater, brother of Pinkney Ferron Rainwater and Lacy D. Rainwater
  • Born 1820 in South Carolina, died 1899
  • Enlisted 4 Mar 1862 [1054]
  • Regiment, "Milton Tigers", drawn from Milton Co., GA [445]
  • Discharged for disability at Bean Station, TN on 2 Aug 1862 [445]
S. O. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company H, Private [125]
 
Thadeus W. Rainwater, Georgia 49th Infantry, Company I, Sergeant [125]
  • Son Abner Rainwater, brother of Cosby Rainwater and Alva Rainwater [6]
  • Born 1832 [446]
  • Regiment, "Pierce Guards", drawn from Hancock Co., GA [446]
  • Enlisted 4 Mar 1862 at age 30 [1054]
  • Discharged for disability Feb 1863 [446]
  • Died 1896, buried in Powelton Cm., Hancock Co., GA [771]
Thomas Rainwater, Georgia 3rd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Dawson's Gray's" drawn from Greene Co. [442]
  • Enlisted 30 Jun 1861 [1054]
  • Discharged 16 Apr 1862 in South Mills, NC for disability [442]
Umphrey P. Rainwater, Georgia 21st Infantry, Company B, Private [125]
  • Son of Gabriel & Nancy Rainwater of Cherokee Co., GA [6]
  • Regiment, "Floyd Sharpshooters", drawn from Floyd Co., GA [443]
  • Enlisted 24 Jun 1861 [1054]
  • Wounded at 2nd Manassas, VA 28 Aug 1862 [443]
  • Wounded again 31 Aug 1864, listed in hospital at Mt. Jackson, VA [443]
  • Filed for in CSA pension in Marshall Co., AL on 31 May 1892 [978]
  • Sarah A. Rainwater filed for widow's pension following his death on 8 Jul 1899 [978]
Virgil Rainwater, Georgia, 49th Infantry, Company I, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Pierce Guards", drawn from Hancock Co., GA [446]
  • Enlisted 31 Mar 1863 [1054]
  • Served as a substitute for Gaston W. Brown [446]
  • Captured 6 May 1864 at The Wilderness, VA [446]
  • Died in prison 8 Oct 1864 [446]
Virgil Cicero Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Regiment, "Warsaw Rebels", drawn from Forsyth & Milton Counties [443]
  • Enlisted 31 Aug 1861 [1054]
  • Captured near Petersburg, VA 24 June 1864. Exchanged at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, VA 16 Mar 1865. [443]
  • Mary F. applied for widow's pension #22066 in Smith Co., TX [183], [385]
William B. Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]
  • Son of Miles Rainwater & Mary Blanchet [6]
  • Regiment, "Chattahoochee Volunteers", drawn from Campbell Co., GA [444]
  • Enlisted 2 Apr 1862 at Palmetto, GA [2070]
  • Discharged due to disability Mar 1865 after being hospitalized for Typhoid fever [444], [2070]
  • Received CSA pension from Campbell Co., GA 1910-1918 [754], [2070]
  • Died 13 Sep 1918 [754]
  • Buried Providence Baptist Church Cm., Douglas Co., GA [290]
William Joseph Rainwater, Georgia 1st Cavalry, Company D, Private [125]
William P. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Enlisted 21 Feb 1862 at Marietta, GA [1054], [1101]
  • Surrendered at Appomattox, VA 9 Apr 1865 [443], [1101]
  • Following the surrender, he enlisted in the Union army under the name, William P. Price/Prise, serving from 17 Apr 1869 to 17 Apr 1874 in Co F, 11th US Infantry. Also served with the 2nd Texas Infantry, Company L, and 3rd US Cavalry, Company E [290]
  • Pension #1073321, dated 20 Nov 1899 [401]
  • Letter from Adjutant General's Office, dated 1928, identifies him as William Pinkney Rainwater [1101]
  • William died 26 Oct 1905 in Arkansas [1101]
  • Wife Maggie L. Rainwater's pension CSA #29827, and post-war Union pension #611745, dated 28 Nov 1925, making her the only Rainwater widow to have drawn both Union and Confederate pensions. [401]
William T. Rainwater, Georgia, 3rd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]
  • Son of Elisha Gentry Rainwater and Elizabeth Grant [6]
  • Regiment, "Dawson's Gray's", drawn from Greene Co. [442]
  • Enlisted 27 Jun 1861 [1054]
  • Killed at Spotsylvania, VA on 14 May 1864 [442]
W. T. Rainwater, Georgia Infantry, 2nd Battalion (State Guards), New Company D, Private [125]

Louisiana
Charles Cicero Rainwater, Major, General & Staff Vol. ADC, Artillary & Ordinance Officer, CSA [125] [400] [467]

Mississippi
Harrison Rainwater, Mississippi Reserve Infantry, Berry's Company, Private [125], [883]
 
James Anderson Rainwater, Mississippi 29th Infantry, Company E, Captain [125], [883]
Jesse G. Rainwater, Mississippi 18th Infantry, Company A, Private [125], [883]
 
J. P. Rainwater, Mississippi
  • Mississippi 3rd Cavalry State Troops, Company A. Private [125], [883]
  • Mississippi 6th Battalion Inf., Company B, 2nd Lieutenant [883]
  • Mississippi 46th Infantry, Company B, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant [125], [883]
J. R. Rainwater, Mississippi
  • Mississippi 1st Infantry State Troops, Company I, Private [125], [883]
  • Mississippi 5th Infantry State Troops, Company F, Sergeant [125], [883]
Marion G. Rainwater, Mississippi 17th Infantry, Companies B & G, Private [125], [883]
 
R. Rainwater, Mississippi 1st (King's) Infantry, Company H State Troops, 3rd Lieutenant [125], [883]
 
Richard Rainwater, Mississippi 3rd Cavalry, Company B, Private [125], [883]
  • Buried at Liberty Hill Cemetery, Attala Co., MS [595]
William Andrew Rainwater, Mississippi 27th Infantry, Company B, Sergeant [125], [883]
William Rainwater, Mississippi 37th Infantry, Company B, Private [125], [883]
 
William M. Rainwater, Mississippi 32nd Infantry, Company B, Private [125], [883]
  • Son of William Rainwater and Sidney Farmer [6]
Zeb B. Rainwater, Mississippi, Light Artillary Company D (Wofford's Battery), 1st Lieutenant [125], [883]

Missouri
J. E. W. Rainwater, Missouri 5th Cavalry, Company H, Private [125]
 
W. P. Rainwaters, Missouri Infantry, Clark's Regiment, Company G, Private [125]

North Carolina
George M. Rainwater, North Carolina Home Guards [980]
  • Served in Capt. William McKinnon's company [980]
  • Filed for CSA pension from North Carolina on 5 Jul 1915 at age 79 [980]
  • Lived in Richmond Co. at time of filing [980]
James Rainwaters, North Carolina 23rd Infantry, Company D, Private [125], [471]

South Carolina
G. H. Rainwater, South Carolina 19th Infantry, Private [125]
 
I. P. Rainwater, South Carolina 27th Infantry, Company G, Private
  • Captured 24 June 1864
Philip J. Rainwater, South Carolina 27th Infantry, Company G, Private and 1st Battalion S.S., Company C, Private [125]
  • Died 19 Jul 1864 while a POW [1063], [1394]
  • Buried at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout State Park, MD [1063]
  • Son of Hiram and Margaret Rainwater, Damascus, Spartanburg Dist., SC [7]
Joshua W. Rainwaters, South Carolina 4th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Died 21 Oct 1864 at Elmira, NY POW camp [1063]
  • Buried Woodlawn National Cemetery, CSA section, site 526 [1063], [2152]
Joshua Rainwaters, South Carolina Cavalry, 12th Battalion, Company C [125]
 
S. T. Rainwaters, South Carolina Infantry, 9th Battalion, Company C, Private and 26th Infantry, Company D, Private [125]
 
William T. Rainwater, Company C, 8th Infantry Regiment, Private, South Carolina State Troops [125]

Tennessee
John W. Rainwater, Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Private [10]
  • Enlisted 1 Jul 1864, discharged 1 Jul 1865 [10]
  • Found in Chestnut Hill, Jefferson Co., TN in 1890 census [10]
Milas W. Rainwater, Jefferson Co., TN
  • Son of James Rainwater & Catherine McCall
  • Filed a claim for $262 with the state of Tennessee in 1868 for reimbursment of of property requisitioned by Union forces during the Civil War. [412]
William H. Rainwaters, Tennessee 50th Infantry, Company H, Private [125] [439]

Texas
Benjamin F. Rainwater, Texas 10th Cavalry, Company A, Private [125]
  • Son of Rev. James Rainwater and Mary "Polly" Mason of Georgia [290]
  • Found in his parents' 1950 census HH, and in Quitman, Wood Co., TX in 1860 census [6], [7]
  • This is not the husband of Amanda Adeline Rainwater who filed for CSA pension in Texas [1158]
Berry Moore Rainwater, Company C, First Partisan Texas Rangers [1024]
  • Little Berry Moore Rainwater, son of Elisha Gentry and Elizabeth Grant Rainwater [6], [1028]
  • Filed for CSA pension #05828 in Collin Co., Texas [183], [385]
  • On the Texas Confederate Indigent List, 3 dependents, Rusk Co., TX, 16 Feb 1865 [465]
  • Died in Rusk Co., TX on 25 Sep 1919 in home of son-in-law, G. R. Little [1024]
George M. Rainwater, Texas 5th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125]
 
James M. Rainwater, Texas 5th Cavalry, Company E, 2nd Lieutenant [125]
 
Lemuel Rainwater, Texas 24th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125]
  • Died 15 Feb 1863 while a POW at Camp Butler, Springfield, IL [1063]
  • Buried in grave #739 in Confederate section of Camp Butler National Cemetery [1063], [2152]
Ransom Edward Rainwater, Texas 18th Infantry, Company A, Private [125]
  • Son of William Rainwater and Caroline Davis [6]
  • Born in Alabama ca 1830, apparently died in Texas pre-1870 [6], [1326]
  • Enlisted in Capt. George W. Knox's Ochiltree Regiment of Texas Volunteers, mustered in on 5 Apr 1862 at Alto, Cherokee Co., TX [1326]
  • E. Rainwater, 4 dependents, listed on the Texas Confederate Indigent List in Cherokee Co., TX, 15 Feb 1864 [465]
W. W. Rainwater, Texas 37th Cavalry, Company F, Private [125]

Independent: not aligned with a specific state
Thomas Rainwater, 4th Confederate Infantry (1st AL, TN & MS Infantry), Company F, Private [125]
 
W. H. Rainwater, Henry Gillum's Regiment, Mounted Infantry Company F, 1st Sergeant [125]
 
William P. Rainwater, Confederate Cavalry, Clarkson's Battalion, Independent Rangers, Company D, Private [125]

Sources

  • 5: 1840 census
  • 6: 1850 Federal Census
  • 7: 1860 Federal Census
  • 9: 1880 census
  • 10: 1890 Census of Civil War Soldiers, Sailors and their Widows
  • 45: Report of the Adjutant General to the State of Kentucky, Civil War, Vol. I & II, Union
  • 56: Bartholomew Rainwater family Bible, photocopy of original
  • 57: Josiah Rainwater family Bible, photocopy of original
  • 125: Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Volume VII, Janet B. Hewett
  • 129: Confederate Veteran, periodical, various volumes
  • 183: Index to Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions, John M. Kinney
  • 290: Glidie Rainwater Mobley (Rainwater family) grmr@emerytelcom.net
  • 328: Civil War Union pension papers of Josiah W. Rainwater and Elizabeth Jane Weddle Rainwater, 10 May 1879-2 Apr 1934, photocopies
  • 374: Report of the Adjutant General to the State of Indiana, Civil War, Vol. II, 1861-1865
  • 375: Southern Loyalists in the Civil War, The Southern Claims Commission, Gary B. Mills
  • 376: The Quartermaster's Roll of Honor, Civil War, all volumes
  • 385: Texas State Electronic Library database of Confederate Pension Applications, http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html
  • 389: Recollections & Reminiscences, 1861-1865 through World War I, Vol. 6, South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
  • 390: 1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Tennessee, Byron & Barbara Sistler
  • 391: Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, Frances T. Ingmire
  • 400: Mississippi Official and Statistical Record, 1924-1928, Department of Archives and History, transcription
  • 401: Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15, National Archives, US Military Pension Files, selected extracts made by Ross Cameron, transcription
  • 412: Civil War Claims, 1868, Jefferson Co., TN, Jefferson Co. Genealogical Society
  • 437: History of Lawrence Co., IN, 1818-1990, Lawrence Co. Historical & Genealogical Society.
  • 439: Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol. 2, Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965
  • 440: 1890 Missouri Veterans Census Index, Bryan Lee Dilts
  • 441: Grand Army of the Republic, Missouri Division, Index to Death Records, 1882-1940, Marie Concannon and Josiah Parkinson
  • 442: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 1, Lillian Henderson
  • 443: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 2, Lillian Henderson
  • 444: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 3, Lillian Henderson
  • 445: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 4, Lillian Henderson
  • 446: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 5, Lillian Henderson
  • 447: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol. 6, Lillian Henderson
  • 448: Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files, Virgil D. White
  • 465: Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas, 1863-1865, Linda Mearse
  • 467: The Records of Louisiana Confederate Commands, Vol 3, Book 2, O'B-Z, Andrew B. Booth
  • 470: Civil War reminiscences of Mrs. Charles C. Rainwater, 1861-1865, 6 pages, Duke University Special Collections, http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
  • 471: North Carolina Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Vol. 2, P-Z, Janet B. Hewett
  • 490: Civil War Union pension application of Cornelia E. Sawyer and Miles Rainwater, 1883-1914, photocopies
  • 595: Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records, Vol. 8, Sept. 1961, Mississippi Genealogical Society
  • 752: Milton Co., GA Confederate Pension Roll, 1911-1929, Kim Renee Cornell
  • 754: Campbell Co., GA Confederate Pension Roll, 1890-1928, Nancy Jones Cornell
  • 771: Cemeteries in Hancock Co., GA, Effie Kimbrough
  • 793: Illinois Civil War Veterans Database, http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/civilwar
  • 883: For Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors & Marines, 4 volumes, H. Grady Howell Jr.
  • 966: Washington Death Index, Roll #2, 1907-1919, A-Z, photocopy from microfilm
  • 973: Civil War Confederate pension application of Lemuel F. Rainwater, Mississippi rolls, dated 16 Jun 1924, photocopy of mircofilm
  • 974: Civil War Confederate pension application of Allen and Elizabeth Rainwater, Alabama rolls, dated 5 Apr 1899 & 8 Sept 1899, photocopy of microfilm
  • 975: Civil War Confederate pension application of John Daniel and Rebecca Linton Rainwater, Alabama rolls, dated 20 Nov 1911-20 Aug 1927, photocopy of microfilm
  • 976: Civil War Confederate pension application of Sarah Edwards Rainwater (widow of Miles), Alabama rolls, dated 15 May 1916 and 15 May 1926, photocopy of microfilm
  • 977: Civil War Confederate pension application of Silas Mercer and Mary Jane Rainwater, Alabama rolls, dated 19 Jul 1900 and 17 Aug 1903, photocopy of microfilm
  • 978: Civil War Confederate pension application of Umphrey P. and Sarah A. Rainwater, Alabama rolls, dated 31 May 1892-30 May 1900, photocopy of microfilm
  • 979: Civil War Confederate pension application of Annie Jane Rainwater (widow of James), North Carolina rolls, dated 14 June 1907, photocopy of microfilm
  • 980: Civil War Confederate pension application of G. M. Rainwater, North Carolina rolls, dated 5 Jul 1915, photocopy of microfilm
  • 981: Civil War Confederate pension application of William T. and Caroline Rainwater, North Carolina rolls, dated 3 Jul 1908 and 10 Jul 1912, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1023: Civil War Confederate pension application of B. G. Rainwater, widow of John, Texas Rolls, #07589, dated 7 Jul 1900 and 24 Oct 1919, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1024: Civil War Confederate pension application of B. M. Rainwater (Little Berry Moore), Texas Rolls, dated 2 Sep 1899 and 25 Sep 1919, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1028: Rusk County (Texas) Rebs, Kathryn Hooper Davis & Carolyn Reeves Ericson
  • 1054: American Civil War Soldiers, Ancestry.com database
  • 1063: Confederate P.O.W.'s, Soldiers and Sailors who died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, National Archives publication
  • 1075: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas Co., TX, USGenWeb transcription, N-Z, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/lampasas/cemetery/oakhill03.txt
  • 1091: Civil War Confederate pension application of Francis Marion Rainwater, dated 3 June 1915, pension #23709, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1092: Civil War Confederate pension application of Nancy Rainwater, widow of F. M., dated 3 July 1922, pension #25948, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1093: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mrs. E. A. Rainwater, widow of J. W., dated 3 June 1892, pension #267, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1094: Civil War Confederate pension application of Margaret Rainwater, widow of James A., dated 7 July 1928, pension #29828, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1095: Civil War Confederate pension application of Riley Gilmore Rainwater, dated 23 July 1916, pension #24634, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1096: Civil War Confederate pension application of Arilda Jane Rainwater, widow of Reason, dated 13 Sep 1891, pension #29053, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1097: Civil War Confederate pension application of Thomas E. Rainwater, dated 27 June 1901, pension #19126, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1098: Civil War Confederate pension application of William L. Rainwater, dated 11 May 1918, pension #23444, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1099: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mary Eliza Lea Rainwater, widow of William L., dated 21 July 1919, pension #23444, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1100: Civil War Confederate pension application of S. R. Rainwaters, widow of William, dated 29 June 1901, pension #5521, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1101: Civil War Confederate pension application of Maggie L. Rainwater, widow of William P., dated 26 Oct 1905, pension #29827, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm
  • 1128: Garland Cemetery, Haskell Co., OK, USGenWeb transcription, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/haskell/cemeteries/garland.txt
  • 1156: Civil War Union pension application of Abraham B. Rainwater, dated 27 Apr 1896-11 Apr 1929, #609748, Texas, photocopy of originals
  • 1158: Civil War Confederate pension application of Amanda Adeline Rainwater, widow of Benjamin Franklin Rainwater, dated 16 Apr 1917, #975383, photocopies of originals
  • 1186: Civil War Confederate pension application #49273 of Jeanette Rainwater, widow of William A., dated 4 Feb 1931, Texas microfilm #974795, photocopy of microfilmed original
  • 1187: Civil War Confederate pension application #47023 of William A. Rainwater, dated 10 Jul 1930, Texas microfilm #974778, photocopy of microfilmed original
  • 1189: Civil War Confederate pension application #22066 of Mary F. Rainwater, widow of Virgil Cicero, dated 3 Jul 1913, Texas microfilm #963950, photocopy of microfilmed original
  • 1201: Men in Gray Interments, Virginia Cemetery Records, Vol 12, Thomas M. Spratt
  • 1233: Civil War (Union) pension application of John Rainwater, pension #620880, dated 11 Dec 1897-8 Apr 1915, photocopy of microfilmed originals
  • 1234: Civil War (Union) pension application of Sarah Isabell Rainwater, widow of John, dated 15 Oct 1918-1919, photocopy of microfilmed original
  • 1269: Muster roll of Company E (colored), 1st Battalion, Irregular Kansas State Militia, Mound City, KS, dated 15 Oct 1864 and 5 Nov 1864, photocopy from the files of the Linn Co., KS Historical Society, File #KJ-1259
  • 1271: The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, all volumes, Janet B. Hewett
  • 1326: Enlistment papers of R. E. Rainwater, 5 Apr 1862, Alto, Cherokee Co., TX, scan of photocopied original, from Len Rainwater
  • 1394: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's Co., MD, Interment.net transcription, http://www.interment.net/data/us/md/stmarys/ptlookout/index%5Fnr.htm
  • 1490: Civil War (Confederate) pension application #1390, G. W. Rainwater, dated 1915, Oklahoma Confederate Pension Applications, microfilm roll #4, #1182-1621, photocopy of microfilmed original
  • 1505: Death certificate #3274; D. T. Rainwater, 9 Feb 1913, Dallas Co., TX, certified copy
  • 1619: Application for Admission into the State Soldiers' Home of Washington, Paschal P. Rainwater, #2985, 21 Oct 1918 - 12 Mar 1919, photocopies of originals, from Glidie Rainwater Mobley
  • 1641: Civil War (CSA) pension application of Cicero Rainwater, #1632, 29 Apr 1895, Richmond Co., GA, Roll #403, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1642: Civil War (CSA) pension application of Henrietta Susan Rainwater, widow of Cicero, 14 Jun 1907, Washington Co., GA, Roll #403, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1643: Civil War (CSA) pension application of Crosby D. Rainwater, 31 Aug 1906, Taliaferro Co., GA, Roll #424, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1644: Civil War (CSA) pension application of Sarah F. (Ogletree) Rainwater, widow of Crosby D., 13 Sep 1907, Taliaferro Co., GA, Roll #424, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1693: Civil War (CSA) pension application of Miles Rainwater, 12 Jan 1898, Douglas Co., GA, MF Roll #142, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1910: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mariah Rainwater, widow of Elisha W., Douglas Co., GA, 1 Mar 1901 & 8 Jan 1902, Roll 142, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1912: Civil War Confederate pension application of Sarah Ann Hedgepeth Rainwater, widow of William Joseph, 16 Jan 1893-14 Jan 1907, Polk Co., GA, Roll 384, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1913: Civil War Confederate pension application of James H. Rainwater, Douglas Co., GA, 9 Mar 1901-2 Jan 1904, Roll 142, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1914: Civil War Confederate pension application of Annie Hightower Rainwater, widow of James H., Douglas Co., GA, 26 Aug 1919, Roll 142, photocopy from microfilmed original
  • 1915: Application of Jacob A. Rainwater for admission into the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home, Quincy, IL, 13 Apr 1904, photocopy of original, from Glidie Rainwater Mobley
  • 1916: Civil War Union pension application of Jacob A. Rainwater, Adams Co., IL, 30 Dec 1897 - 21 Apr 1904, photocopy of original, from Glidie Rainwater Mobley
  • 1917: Civil War Union widow's pension application of Nautilla E. Rainwater, widow of Jacob A., Hancock Co., IL, 18 [unreadable] 1904 - 4 Oct 1930, photocopy of original, from Glidie Rainwater Mobley
  • 2070: Civil War Confederate pension application of W. B. Rainwater, Campbell Co., GA, 30 Sep 1909, Georgia CSA Pension microfilm roll #51, photocopy
  • 2090: Civil War Confederate pension application of M. J. (Sabra Amanda Jane) Rainwater, widow of Miles, 31 Jan 1903, Fulton Co., GA, Georgia CSA Pension microfilm roll #273/44, photocopy
  • 2103: Civil War Union service records of Abraham Butler Rainwater, from Brad Millar, photocopies of originals
  • 2104: Civil War Union service records of Gideon E. Rainwater, from Brad Millar, photocopies of originals
  • 2152: Veterans Administration Burial and Memorial Benefits Services Nationwide Gravesite Locator website, http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
  • 2376: Photograph; CSA monument in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL, photo by Barry Rainwater. This monument includes a line for S. P. Rainwater, Company D, 1st Alabama Infantry.
  • 2386: Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, sick roster for Camp Douglas, entry for S. P. Rainwater, scan of microfilmed original, provided by Barry Rainwater
  • 2455: Summary of Rainwaters found in the Alabama Civil War Service Database, Alabama Department of Archives and History, http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm, PDF

If you know of a Rainwater who served during the Civil War, in a military or other capacity, or details on one of those already listed, we'd love to add the information to our page. Please direct the information to scr@therainwatercollection.com.

 

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