Edmund P. Gaines

Edmund Pendleton Gaines was a United States army officer who served with distinction during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars, and the Black Hawk War.

Gaines was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, on March 20, 1777. He was named after his greatuncle Edmund Pendleton, who was the political leader of Virginia during the Revolution. Edmunds father, James, had been captain of a company in the American forces during the Revolutionary War and after the war his family moved to North Carolina, where his father became a state representative. Gaines also lived in Tennessee in his youth in the area now known as Kingsport and later enlisted in the army in 1799 and was a first lieutenant by 1807.

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