The Complete Rainwaters in the Civil War

Rainwaters in the Civil War

Union

Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minesota
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Southern Claims Commission

Sources

Confederate

Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Independent

The Union

Arkansas

Abraham B. Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, Company A & Company M, Private [401], [1157], [1271]

Hiram R. Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, Company E or G, Private [401], [1271]

Jackson D. Rainwater, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company B, Private [401], [1271]

John Rainwater, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry, Company A & M, Private [401], [1271], [1232]

Presley R. Rainwater, 1st Arkansas Infantry, Company A, Private [401]

Illinois

Jacob A. Rainwater, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company L, Private [401], [793]

John Rainwater, 73rd Illinois Infantry, Company D, Private [401], [793]

Indiana

Abram Rainwater, 43rd Indiana Infantry, Company F [374], [437]

Ephriam Rainwater, 50th Indiana Infantry, Company G [401]

Ira H. Rainwater, Indiana 43rd Infantry, Company F, 2nd Lieutenant [374]

Iowa

Paschal P. Rainwater, 44th Iowa Infantry, Company B, Private [401]

Kansas

William E. Rainwater, 14th Kansas Infantry, Company L, Private [401], [1271]

Kentucky

Jackson Rainwater, Kentucky 6th Cavalry, Company E, Corporal, 15 Feb 1862 - 14 Feb 1865 [401], [1271]

John Raleigh Rainwater, 13th Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Private, 23 Dec 1863 - 10 Jan 1865 [401], [1271]

Josiah W. Rainwater, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Sergeant, 1 Jan 1862 - 10 Jan 1865 [401], [1271]

Miles Rainwater, 19th Kentucky Infantry, Company C, Private, 2 Jan 1862 - 26 Jan 1865 [401], [1271]

Miles Rainwater, 1st & 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company C, Sergeant, 8 Oct 1861 - 9 May 1863 [401], [1271]

Silas Rainwater, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Company D, Corporal, 1 Jan 1862 - 20 Sep 1863 [401], [1271]

William C. Rainwaters, 11th Kentucky Infantry, Company A, Private [401], [1271]

Minnesota

Ira H. Rainwater, 11th Minnesota Infantry, Company H, Sergeant [401]

Missouri

Aaron Rainwater, 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company D, Private [401], [1271]

Abraham Butler Rainwater, 45th Missouri Infantry, Company G & 48th Missouri Infantry, Company D, both as Private [401], [1271]

Ashley W. Rainwater, 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company D, Corporal [401], [1271]

Caswell L. Rainwater [32]

Francis M. Rainwater, Bradshaw’s or McClurg’s Company G, Osage County Home Guards, Sergeant [401], [1271]

Gideon E. Rainwater, 48th Missouri Infantry, Company D, Private & 45th Missouri Infantry, Company G, 1st Sergeant [401], [1271], [2104]

Jacob Rainwater, 51st Missouri Enlisted Militia, Company A, Bugler [401]

Malcolm B. Rainwater, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company A & Company I, 6th State Militia Cavalry, both as a Private [401], [1271]

Nicholas B. Rainwater, Company G, 47th Missouri Infantry, Private [1271]

Ohio

David Rainwater, 21st Ohio, Light Artillary Battalion, Private [401], [1271]

Applications filed with the Southern Claims Commission for compensation of services rendered the Union during the Civil War

Benjamin Rainwater [375]

John Milton Rainwater [375]

John S. Rainwater [375]

Lacy D. Rainwater, Milton, GA [375]

James Rainwaters [375]

John Rainwaters [375]

Matthew Rainwaters [375]

Tennessee

Anderson Harrison Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Company G, Private; Company I, Corporal; 2nd Cavalry, Company I, Sergeant [390], [401] [439]

Andrew Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Infantry, Company I, Private and 7th Tennessee Infantry, Company F, Private [376], [401] [439]

David Rainwater, 3rd Mounted Infantry, Company E, Private [439]

George A. Rainwater, Tennessee 1st Cavalry, Companies E & G, Private [390] [439]

John Wesley Rainwater, Tennessee 2nd Cavalry, Company I, Private [390], [439]

Riley Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [439]

Thomas Rainwater, 2nd Tennessee Infantry, Company I, Private [439]

Wiley Rainwater, 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [10]

Willliam Rainwater, 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company I, Private [10]

William Rainwater, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Company E, Private [439]

West Virginia

Robert Rainwater, West Virginia Company K, 5th Infantry, Corporal [2152]

The Confederacy

Alabama

Albert Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E [950], [2455]

Allen T. Rainwater, Josh McCain’s Home Guard, Private [974]

Edward Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E, Private [125]

Elcany L. Rainwaters, Alabama 41st Infantry, Company H, Private [125]

John Daniel Rainwater, 1st Alabama Infantry, Company D or G, Perote Guards, Private [125], [2455]

John D. Rainwater, Alabama Infantry, 1st Regiment, Companies C & D, Private [125]

John J. Rainwaters, Alabama 32nd Infantry, Companies A & K, Private [125]

L. Rainwater, Alabama 41st Regiment, Company H, Private [2455]

Miles Rainwaters, Alabama State Reserves, Captain Everett Palmer’s Company, Corporal [125]

Moses Allen Rainwater, Alabama 11th Infantry, Company E, 4th Corporal [125]

Samuel P. Rainwater, Alabama 1st Infantry, Company D, Private [125], [2376], [2455]

Silas M. Rainwaters, Alabama 56th Partisan Rangers, Company I, Sergeant, and Alabama 13th Battalion Partisan Rangers, Company E, Sergeant [125]

Umphrey P. Rainwaters, see Georgia

William Rainwater, Alabama 61st Infantry, Company E, Private [125]

William Rainwater, Alabama 36th Regiment, Company I, Private [2455]

Arkansas

Benjamin Franklin Rainwater, Company A, Brook’s Regiment, Fagen’s Brigade, Washington Co, AR[1158]

D. M. Rainwaters, Arkansas 20th Infantry, Company G, Private [125], [2635]

Francis Marion Rainwater, Arkansas 13th Infantry, Company F, Corporal and 42nd Arkansas (Baber’s) Cavalry, Company F [6], [125], [1091], [2635]

H. D. Rainwater, Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon’s Regiment, Company H, Private [125], [2635]

James H. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125], [2635]

J. H. Rainwater, Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon’s Regiment, Company H, Private [125], [2635]

J. M. S. Rainwaters, Arkansas 20th Infantry, Company G, Private [125], [2635]

John W. Rainwater, 1st Arkansas Cavalry, Gordon’s Regiment, Company H, Private [125], [2635]

John Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company A, Private [125]

Marion Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company F, Private [125], [2635]

Riley G. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company F, Corporal [125], [2635]

Thomas E. Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company C, Private [125], [2635]

W. C. Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company F, Private [125], [2635]

William L. Rainwaters, Arkansas 34th Infantry, Company A, Private [125]

William Rainwater, Arkansas 8th Cavalry, Company D, Private [125], [2635]

William Rainwater, Arkansas 45th Cavalry, Company E [125], [1100], [2635]

Georgia

Abner Rainwater, Georgia Cavalry, 9th Battalion (State Guards), Company E, Private [125]

Alva C. Rainwater, Georgia Cavalry, 7th Battalion (State Guards), Company E, Corporal and Georgia 49th Infantry, Company I [125]

Cicero Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company H, Corporal [125]

Crosby D. Rainwater, 7th Confederate Cavalry, Company E, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant [125]

Daniel Boone Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

Daniel W. Rainwater, Georgia 19th Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

David T. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]

E. (Eber) Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

Elisha W. Rainwater, Georgia 4th Reserves, Company B, Private [125]

George Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

George Wilburn Rainwater, Georgia 19th Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

Ira Simpson Rainwater, Georgia 9th Infantry (State Guards), Company C, Private [125]

J. Rainwaters, Georgia Siege Artillary, 28th Battalion, Company I, Private [125]

James H. Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

James P. Rainwater, Georgia 21st Infantry, Company B, Private [125]

James T. Rainwater, Georgia Light Artillary, 9th Battalion, Companies A & E, Private [125]

James W. Rainwater, Georgia Infantry, 27th Battalion, Company E, Private [125]

John Rainwater, Georgia 40th Infantry, Company K, Corporal [125]

John Doris Rainwater, Georgia Battalion Cavalry, 3rd Regiment, Companies B, Private [1021]

John M. Rainwater, Georgia Artillary, 9th Battalion, Companies A & E, Private [125]

J. S. Rainwater, 66th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company C, Private

Leander Rainwater, Georgia Regulars, 1st Regiment, Companies C & I, Private [125]

Lemuel Flewellyn Rainwater, Georgia Infantry, 27th Battalion, Company E, Private [125]

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]

Pinkney Ferron Rainwater, Georgia 42nd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

Reason Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

Sidney Yancy Rainwater, Georgia 42nd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

S. O. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company H, Private [125]

Thadeus W. Rainwater, Georgia 49th Infantry, Company I, Sergeant [125]

Thomas Rainwater, Georgia 3rd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

Umphrey P. Rainwater, Georgia 21st Infantry, Company B, Private [125], [2455]

Virgil Rainwater, Georgia, 49th Infantry, Company I, Private [125]

Virgil Cicero Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]

William B. Rainwater, Georgia 30th Infantry, Company K, Private [125]

William Joseph Rainwater, Georgia 1st Cavalry, Company D, Private [125]

William Pinkney Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry, Company E, Private [125]

William P. Rainwater, Georgia 22nd Infantry [2312]

William T. Rainwater, Georgia, 3rd Infantry, Company C, Private [125]

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 A. Rainwater, Mississippi 29th Infantry, Company E, Captain [125], [883]

Jesse G. Rainwater, Mississippi 18th Infantry, Company A, Private [125], [883]

J. P. Rainwater, Mississippi

J. R. Rainwater, Mississippi

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]

William Andrew Rainwater, Mississippi 27th Infantry, Company B, Sergeant [125], [883]

William Rainwater, Mississippi 32nd Infantry, Company B, Private [125], [883]

William Martin Rainwater, Mississippi 37th Infantry, Company B, Private [125], [883]

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. Rainwater, Infantry Clark’s Regiment, Co G [125]see Independent

North Carolina

Daniel F. Rainwater, 2nd Lieutenant, 62nd Regiment, Montgomery Co. [65]

George M. Rainwater, North Carolina Home Guards [980]

James Rainwaters, North Carolina 23rd Infantry, Company D, Private [125], [471]

South Carolina

G. H. Rainwater, South Carolina 19th Infantry, Private [125]

Philip J. Rainwater, South Carolina 27th Infantry, Company G, Private and 1st Battalion S.S., Company C, Private [125]

Joshua W. Rainwaters, South Carolina 4th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125]

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]

Milas W. Rainwater, Jefferson Co, TN

William H. Rainwaters, Tennessee 50th Infantry, Company H, Private [125] [439]

Texas

Benjamin F. Rainwater, Texas 10th Cavalry, Company A, Private [125], [2554]

Berry Moore Rainwater, Company C, First Partisan Texas Rangers [1024]

George M. Rainwater, Texas 5th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125], [2554]

James M. Rainwater, Texas 5th Cavalry, Company E, Green’s Brigade, 2nd Lieutenant [125], [2554]

Lemuel Rainwater, Texas 24th Cavalry, Company E, Private [125], [2554]

Ransom Edward Rainwater, Texas 18th Infantry, Company A, Private [125], [2554]

William Walton Rainwater, Texas 37th Cavalry, Company F, Private [125], [2554]

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 & G, Private [125]

Sources

  • 5: 1840 Federal Census
  • 6: 1850 Federal Census
  • 7: 1860 Federal Census
  • 9: 1880 Federal Census
  • 10: 1890 Federal Census of Civil War Soldiers, Sailors and their Widows
  • 32: Ancestry.com
  • 34: Fold3.com
  • 45: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Civil War, 1861-1866, Vol. I, Union, originally published 1889, reprinted by the Southern Historical Press, 1992, Greenville, SC, PDF
  • 56: Bartholomew and Nancy Rainwater family Bible, photocopy of original, PDF of originals and transcription
  • 57: Josiah and Elizabeth Jane Rainwater family Bible, photocopy of original, PDF of originals and transcription
  • 65: North Carolina Confederate Militia Officers Roster: as contained in the Adjutant-General’s Officers Roster, Stephen E. Bradley, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington NC, 1982, PDF
  • 91: Confederate P.O.W.s: Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, Frances Ingmire and Carolyn Ericson, 1984, Ingmire Publications, St. Louis MO, PDF
  • 125: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, multiple volumes, Janet B. Hewett, 1995, Broadfoot Publishing Co, Wilmington NC, PDF
  • 129: The Confederate Veteran Magazine, periodical, various volumes, reprinted 1978, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Morningside Bookshop, Dayton OH, PDF
  • 183: Index to Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions, John M. Kinney, revised by Peggy Oakley, 1981, Dallas TX, PDF
  • 290: Glidie Rainwater Mobley (Rainwater family) grmr@emerytelcom.net
  • 328: Civil War pension papers of Josiah W. Rainwater and Elizabeth Jane Weddle Rainwater, 10 May 1879-2 Apr 1934, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Waco, TX, PDF
  • 374: Report of the Adjutant General to the State of Indiana, Vol. 2, 1861-1865, 1865, original volume, PDF
  • 375: Southern Loyalists in the Civil War, The Southern Claims Commission, Gary B. Mills, 1994, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, PDF
  • 376: United States Quartermaster’s Department Roll of Honor: names of soldiers who died in defense of the American Union, interred in the national cemeteries, Volumes 1-12, 1994, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, PDF
  • 385: Texas State Electronic Library index of Confederate Pension Applications, Texas State Archives, Austin, TX, PDF
  • 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, 1978, Sistler & Associates, Nashville, TN, PDF
  • 391: Arkansas Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, Frances T. Ingmire, 1985, St. Louis, MO, PDF
  • 400: The Mississippi Official and Statistical Record, 1924-1928, Department of Archives and History, Dunbar Rowland, LLD, State Historian, 1928, Brandon Printing Company, Nashville, TN. Profile of Lemuel F. Rainwater, pgs 165-166, found only in the 1924-1928 edition. PDF
  • 401: Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15, National Archives, US Military Pension Files, selected abstracts made by Ross Cameron, transcription, PDF
  • 412: Civil War Claims, 1868, Jefferson Co, TN, Jefferson Co. Genealogical Society, PDF
  • 437: History of Lawrence Co, IN, 1818-1990, Lawrence Co. Historical & Genealogical Society, 1995, Turner Publishing Co, Paducah, KY, PDF
  • 439: Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol. 2, Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965, Nashville, TN, PDF
  • 440: 1890 Missouri Veterans Census Index, Bryan Lee Dilts, 1993, Precision Indexing Co, Bountiful, UT, PDF
  • 441: Grand Army of the Republic, Missouri Division, Index to Death Records, 1882-1940, Marie Concannon and Josiah Parkinson, 1995, State Historical Society of Columbia, MO, PDF
  • 442: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 1, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 443: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 2, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 444: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 3, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 445: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 4, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 446: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 5, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 447: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. 6, Lillian Henderson, 1960, Longina & Porter, Hapeville, GA, PDF
  • 448: Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files, Virgil D. White, 1996, The National Historical Publishing Co, Waynesboro, TN, PDF
  • 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, 1984, The Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, SC, PDF
  • 470: Civil War reminiscences of Sarah Fowler Rainwater (Mrs. Charles C. Rainwater), 1861-1865, 6 pages, Duke University Special Collections, PDF
  • 471: North Carolina Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Vol. 2, P-Z, Janet B. Hewett, 1999, Broadfoot Publishing Co, Wilmington, NC, PDF
  • 490: Civil War pension papers of Cornelia E. Sawyer and Miles Rainwater, 1883-1914, photocopy of originals, PDF
  • 595: Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records, Vol. 8, Sept. 1961, Mississippi Genealogical Society, Jackson, MS, PDF
  • 617: Conway Co, AR Wills and Probate Records, Emogene Tindall, North Little Rock, AR, 1984, PDF
  • 752: Milton Co, GA Confederate Pension Roll, 1911-1929, Kim Renee Cornell, 1981, Riverdale, GA, PDF
  • 754: Campbell Co, GA Confederate Pension Roll, 1890-1928, Nancy Jones Cornell, 1980, Riverdale, GA, PDF
  • 771: Cemeteries in Hancock Co, GA, Effie Kimbrough, copied from WPA records, ca 1940, PDF
  • 793: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, PDF
  • 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., 1998, Chickasaw Bayou Press, Madison, MS, PDF
  • 963: Alabama Death Index, Roll #2, 1920-1927, A-Z, microfilm, Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, AL
  • 966: Washington Death Index, Roll #2, 1907-1919, A-Z, microfilm
  • 973: Civil War Confederate pension application of Lemuel F. Rainwater, Mississippi rolls, dated 16 Jun 1924, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 974: Civil War Confederate pension application of Elizabeth Rainwater, widow of Allen T., Alabama rolls, dated 5 Apr 1899, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 979: Civil War Confederate pension application of Annie Jane Rainwater (widow of James), North Carolina rolls, dated 14 June 1907, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 980: Civil War Confederate pension application of George M. Rainwater, North Carolina rolls, dated 5 Jul 1915, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 1021: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mary Rainwater, widow of John Doris Rainwater, Alabama Rolls, dated 4 Jun 1926, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 1028: Rusk County (Texas) Rebs, Kathryn Hooper Davis & Carolyn Reeves Ericson, 1998, Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, TX, PDF
  • 1054: American Civil War Soldiers, Ancestry.com database, PDF
  • 1075: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas Co, TX, USGenWeb transcription, A-E, F-M, N-Z, PDF
  • 1091: Civil War Confederate pension application of Francis Marion Rainwater, dated 3 June 1915, pension #23709, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 1092: Civil War Confederate pension application of Nancy Rainwater, widow of Francis Marion, dated 3 July 1922, pension #25948, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 1093: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mrs. Eliza Ann Rainwater, widow of John W., dated 3 June 1892, pension #267, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 1095: Civil War Confederate pension application of Riley Gilmore Rainwater, dated 23 July 1916, pension #24634, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 1096: Civil War Confederate pension application of Arilda Jane Rainwater, widow of Reason, dated 15 Aug 1927, pension #29053, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 1097: Civil War Confederate pension application of Thomas E. Rainwater, dated 27 June 1901, pension #19126, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 1098: Civil War Confederate pension application of William L. Rainwater, dated 11 May 1918, pension #23444, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 1100: Civil War Confederate pension application of Sarah R. Rainwaters, widow of William, dated 29 June 1901, pension #5521, Arkansas microfilm roll #86, photocopy of microfilm, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 1128: Garland Cemetery, Haskell Co, OK, Barbara Donathan, USGenWeb transcription, PDF
  • 1156: Civil War Union pension application of Abraham B. Rainwater, dated 27 Apr 1896-11 Apr 1929, #609748, Texas, PDF
  • 1157: Civil War Union service papers of Abraham B. Rainwater, PDF
  • 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, photocopy of microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1187: Civil War Confederate pension application #47023 of William A. Rainwater, dated 10 Jul 1930, Texas microfilm, photocopy of microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1189: Civil War Confederate pension application #22066 of Mary F. Rainwater, widow of Virgil Cicero, dated 3 Jul 1913, Texas microfilm, PDF
  • 1201: Men in Gray Interments, Virginia Cemetery Records, Vol 12, Thomas M. Spratt, Iberian Publishing Co, Athens, GA, 1996, PDF
  • 1232: Civil War (Union/Arkansas) service papers of John Rainwater (son of Matthew & Mahala), 1864-1865, photocopies of microfilmed originals, PDF
  • 1233: Civil War (Union/Arkansas) pension application of John Rainwater (son of Matthew & Mahala), pension #620880, dated 11 Dec 1897-8 Apr 1915, photocopy of microfilmed originals, PDF
  • 1234: Civil War (Union/Arkansas) pension application of Sarah Isabell Rainwater, widow of John (son of Matthew & Mahala), dated 15 Oct 1918-1919, photocopy of microfilmed original, PDF
  • 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, PNG
  • 1271: The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, all volumes, Janet B. Hewett, publ. 1999, Broadfoot Publishing Co, Wilmington, NC, PDF
  • 1302: Application of James Rainwater to the Southern Claims Commission, #1261, Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR, 1874, photocopies of microfilmed originals, originals and transcription
  • 1307: The Will of Aaron Rainwater, 1849, Logan Co, KY, original and transcription from Glidie Rainwater Mobley, also see #2823, PDF
  • 1326: Enlistment papers of R. E. Rainwater (Ransom Edward), 5 Apr 1862, Alto, Cherokee Co, TX, scan of photocopied original, from Len Rainwater, PDF
  • 1358: Excerpts from ‘My Folks,” genealogical research (1984) and research notes (1966) of Thelma P. Sargent, Mesa, AZ. The 19th century information is valid, but the work on the earliest generations and family origin is questionable. PDF
  • 1394: Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary’s Co, MD, Interment.net transcription, PDF
  • 1450: Milton Co, GA Marriage Records, 1865-1931, Books A-D, Ted O. Brooke, 2001, Cumming, GA, PDF
  • 1490: Civil War (Confederate) pension application #1390, George Wilburn Rainwater, dated 1915, Oklahoma Confederate Pension Applications, microfilm roll #4, #1182-1621, photocopy of microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1495: Decorative ribbon from the Rainwater Rifles NGM (national guard militia), Confederate veterans organization and regiment of the Missouri National Guard founded by Maj. Charles Cicero Rainwater, St. Louis, MO, purchased on Ebay in Oct 2001, PNG. Note: Organizations of this era characterized as “marching societies” or “private militias” were anti-reconstruction vigilante groups operating with the tacit approval of the local community.
  • 1505: Death certificate #3274; D. T. (David T.) Rainwater, 9 Feb 1913, Dallas Co, TX, certified copy, PDF
  • 1619: Application for Admission into the State Soldiers’ Home of Washington, Paschal P. Rainwater, #2985, 21 Oct 1918-12 Mar 1919, from Glidie Rainwater Mobley, PDF
  • 1641: Civil War Confederate pension application of Cicero Rainwater, #1632, 29 Apr 1895, Richmond Co, GA, Roll #403 Orchard-Roney, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1642: Civil War Confederate pension application of Henrietta Susan Rainwater, widow of Cicero, 14 Jun 1907, Washington Co, GA, Roll #470 Joyner-Ray, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1643: Civil War Confederate pension application of Crosby D. Rainwater, 31 Aug 1906, Taliaferro Co, GA, Roll #424 Flight-Taylor, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1644: Civil War Confederate pension application of Sarah F. (Ogletree) Rainwater, widow of Crosby D., 13 Sep 1907, Taliaferro Co, GA, Roll #424, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1693: Civil War Confederate pension application of Miles Rainwater, 12 Jan 1898, Douglas Co, GA, microfilm roll #142 Mosley-Walton, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1910: Civil War Confederate pension application of Mariah Rainwater, widow of Elisha W., Douglas Co, GA, 1 Mar 1901 & 8 Jan 1902, Georgia Roll 142 Mosley-Walton, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1912: Civil War Confederate pension application of Sarah Ann Hedgepeth Rainwater, widow of William Joseph, 16 Jan 1893-14 Jan 1907, Polk Co, GA, Georgia Roll 384, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1913: Civil War Confederate pension application of James H. Rainwater, Douglas Co, GA, 9 Mar 1901-2 Jan 1904, Georgia Roll 142 Mosley-Walton, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 1914: Civil War Confederate pension application of Annie Hightower Rainwater, widow of James H., Douglas Co, GA, 26 Aug 1919, Georgia Roll 142 Mosley-Walton, photocopy from microfilmed original, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 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, PDF
  • 2070: Civil War Confederate pension application of William B. Rainwater, Campbell Co, GA, 30 Sep 1909, Georgia Confederate Pension microfilm roll #51, photocopy, PDF
  • 2090: Civil War Confederate pension application of M. J. (Sabra Amanda Jane) Rainwater, widow of Miles, 31 Jan 1903, Fulton Co, GA, Georgia Confederate Pension microfilm roll #273/44, photocopy, PDF
  • 2103: Civil War Union service records of Abraham Butler Rainwater, Camden Co, MO, from Brad Millar, photocopies of originals, PDF
  • 2104: Civil War Union service records of Gideon E. Rainwater, Camden Co, MO, from Brad Millar, photocopies of originals, PDF
  • 2105: Civil War Union pension application of Sarah C. Rainwater, widow of Abraham Butler Rainwater, Camden Co, MO, from Brad Millar, photocopies of originals, PDF
  • 2152: Veterans Administration Burial and Memorial Benefits Services Nationwide Gravesite Locator website
  • 2312: Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/. Information from this source is uneven and requires 2nd confirmation.
  • 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. JPG
  • 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, PNG
  • 2455: Alabama Civil War Service Database, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, AL link to archives, Summary of Rainwaters, PDF
  • 2499: Rainwater tombstones in Annapolis National Cemetery, 800 West Street, Annapolis, Ann Arundel Co, MD, PDF
  • 2554: Texas Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Janet B. Hewett and Joyce Lawrence, 1997, Broadfoot Publishing Co, Wilmington, NC, PDF
  • 2576: Obituary; James M. Rainwater, 18 Jul 1894, page 3, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, scan from microfilm, PDF
  • 2635: Index to Arkansas Confederate Soldiers, multiple volumes, Desmond Walls Allen, 1990, Arkansas Research Inc., Conway, AR, PDF
  • 2796: Civil War pension application of Rebecca J. McDaniels Rainwaters, #93288, 4 Jun 1862, widow of William C Rainwaters, contributed by John Rainwater, PNG
  • 2897: Affidavits of Jane Rainwater Rash and Margaret Rainwater Powell for Jane’s pension based on the service of her son John M. Rainwater, 5 Jan 1863, Paulding Co, GA, transcription, PDF
  • 3342: “Our Dead at Point Lookout, reprinted from the Lancaster Ledger, 2 Jul 1868, from the records of Dr. W. J. White,” Charleston News and Courier, Charleston SC, 23 Dec 1899, pg 2, via GenealogyBank, PNG
  • 3476: Civil War/Union service record and pension application of Jackson Rainwater, KY-MS, 1893, from NARA, transcription at end, PDF