Lieutenant-Colonel David W. Baine (August 29, 1829 – June 30, 1862) was an American lawyer and Confederate veteran. He was a lawyer in

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, and an advocate of secession. He was the namesake of Baine County, Alabama, now known as

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Early life

David W. Baine was born on August 29, 1829 in

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. His father, John McBain, was a Scottish immigrant from

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and a Methodist preacher. His mother, Maria Adkins, descended from an old Puritan family. Baine graduated from

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

at the age of 17.

Career

Baine began his career as a schoolteacher in

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in 1848. By 1855, he became a lawyer thanks to the influence of Thomas B. Cooper. A year later, he moved to

. He quickly became the commanding officer (“general”) of a local band of militia, the Hayneville Guards. He also shared an office with

William L. Yancey William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814July 27, 1863) was an American journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the mo ...

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. He was a delegate from

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at the 1860 Democration National Convention, where he supported the secession of Alabama from the Union. During the

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of 1861-1865, Baine joined the

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by enlisting in the 1st Regiment Alabama. On August 1, 1861, he became a Lieutenant Colonel in the 14th Regiment Alabama. He was first stationed in Camp Jones,

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, and he was transferred to

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on November 4, 1861. He took part in the

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of June–July 1862, where he commanded the 14th Regiment Alabama alongside General

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's 5th brigade. His last military action was at the Battle of Frazier's Farm.

Personal life and death

Baine married Mary Powell Hogue, a

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. They had two daughters, Mary (born 1850) and Mildred (born 1855), and a son, Thomas Cooper (born 1860). They resided on Washington Street in Hayneville, Alabama. Baine was killed in battle on June 30, 1862. In 1866-1867,

was called Baine County in his honor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baine, David W. 1829 births 1862 deaths American people of Scottish descent People from Connecticut People from Lowndes County, Alabama Allegheny College alumni Alabama lawyers Confederate States Army officers Northern-born Confederates 19th-century American lawyers Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War