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December 27th, 1828
Brigadier General James Clay Rice was born in Worthington, Massachusetts. He is most remembered for taking over command of Colonel Strong Vincent’s brigade on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 when Vincent was mortally wounded. Rice himself would be mortally wounded May 10, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. As he lay dying, he told his men to turn him over so he could die facing the enemy. He was 35 years old.