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Rains Brothers

 
 
Rains Brothers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 14, 2014
1. Rains Brothers Marker
Inscription. Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.
 
Erected 1989 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number C-66.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 35° 6.702′ N, 77° 2.214′ W. Marker is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County. Marker is on East Front Street north of Johnson Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Bern NC 28560, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bayard Wootten (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Political Duel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Centenary United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); F. M. Simmons (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Post Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rev. John Knox Witherspoon (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named First Presbyterian Church (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Bern.
 
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Rains Brothers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 14, 2014
2. Rains Brothers Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 458 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 8, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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