Edwin R. Rainwater
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Edwin R. Rainwater (1813-? ) was a soldier in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, noted for a daring action during the Battle of San Jacinto that helped seal the decisive Texian victory.
[edit] Biography
Rainwater came to Texas at the age of 22, sometime between May 2, 1835 and March 2, 1836. He enlisted in the Texas army and was a member of Captain Henry Wax Karnes' Company of Cavalry and was one of the men who assisted in destroying Vince's Bridge. The others who were with him on that mission were Deaf Smith, John Coker, Denmore W. Reaves, Young Perry Alsbury, John T. Garner and Moses Lapham. He evidently left Texas soon after the Mexican-American War. He did not apply for the Bounty and Donation land due him for his services in the army and he assigned his land rights to Samuel Fuller on January 25, 1848. He served in Company A, Captain Benjamin Hill's Company, Texas Mounted Volunteers during the Mexican-American War and he served from April 14, 1847 to June 16, 1847. His later whereabouts remain unknown.
[edit] Sources
- ” Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986).
- ” Joseph Milton Nance, Attack and Counterattack: The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1842 (University of Texas Press, 1964).
- ” The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 (University of Texas Press, 1938)
