James Clay Rice

James Clay Rice was a lawyer from Massachusetts, who became a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Rice was born in Worthington, Massachusetts on December 27, 1828 to William Rice and Welthea Rice. He was selfeducated for most of his early life and eventually graduated from Yale University. He became a teacher in Natchez, Mississippi, and worked for a newspaper. During this time he began studying law and was admitted to the bar in New York City where he began his practice.

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