James Dearing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army officer
Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1840
Place of Birth: Campbell County, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 22-Apr-1865
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About James Dearing
- James Dearing (April 25, 1840 – April 22, 1865) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War who served in the artillery and cavalry.
- Dearing entered West Point in 1858 and resigned on April 22, 1861 when Virginia seceded from the Union.
- Dearing was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign of 1865, making him one of the last officers to die in the war.
- Despite serving as a commander of a cavalry brigade and using the grade of brigadier general after he was nominated to that grade by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Dearing did not officially achieve the grade of brigadier general because the Confederate Senate did not approve his nomination.
- His actual permanent grade was colonel.
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