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Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID C66)

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