John L. Rapier
Military Person
1842 – 1905
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Who was John L. Rapier?
John Lawrence Rapier was an American Civil War soldier and businessman. A native of Mobile, Alabama, he saw action as a sergeant major in the Seven Days Battles, and later became a second lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps. He was captured at Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865.
After the war, he became the owner of the Mobile Register, and served as postmaster of Mobile.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1842
Spring Hill - Also known as
- John Rapier
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Mobile
- Died
- May 7, 1905
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on July 23, 2013
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