Colin J. McRae
| The Honorable Colin J. McRae |
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| Member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama |
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| In office February 4, 1861 – February 18, 1862 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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| Born | Colin John McRae October 22, 1812 Anson County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | February, 1877 Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Occupation | Merchant |
Colin J. McRae (October 22, 1812 – February 1877) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama, 1861 to 1862.[1][2][3]
Early life
Colin John McRae was born on October 22, 1812 in Anson County, North Carolina.[4] His brother, John, served as the 21st Governor of Mississippi (1854–1857).[1]
Career
Before the American Civil War, McRae was a merchant from Mobile, Alabama.[1] He co-owned a foundry in Selma, Alabama, which made ordnance and iron plate for gunboats.[5] Some of these gunboats were used during the war.[6] He served as Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe from 1862 to 1865.[1][2][3] In 1867, McRae moved to Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras (present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize), where he purchased land, ran a plantation and mercantile business.[1][2][1]
Later life
McRae died in February 1877.[4] He bequeathed the plantation and mercantile business to his sister and her husband.[1] They leased the plantation to tenants until 1894.[7] In October 2011, a college student at the University of New Hampshire found relics of his Belize plantation house on an archeological expedition in the middle of the Belize Valley.[2] His records were found in Monterey Place in Mobile, Alabama.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Colin J. McRae Papers, Columbia: South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lori Wright, Uncovering History: Student Helps Discover Confederate Soldier's Homestead in Belize,The College Letter: Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts, October 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrew Lambert, Colin J. McRae, Confederate Financial Agent: Blockade Running in the Trans-Mississippi South as Affected by the Confederate Government's Direct Procurement of European Goods Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalties and Illicit Trade in the North East, 1783–1820, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, August 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Political Graveyard
- ↑ William F. Donnelly, American Economic Growth: The Historic Challenge, Ardent Media, 1973, 152 [1]
- ↑ Edwin Layton, Colin J. McRae and the Selma Arsenal, Alabama Review, XVIII (1966), 132-133
- ↑ Donald C. Simmons, Jr., Confederate Settlements in British Honduras, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001, p. 91 [2]
Further reading
- Charles S. Davis, Colin J. McRae: Confederate Financial Agent (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Confederate Publishing, 1961).
- Ray J. Fletcher, Colin J. McRae, Confederate Agent in Europe (Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University Press, 1956).
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Position established
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Member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Alabama 1861–1862 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
