Brigadier General James Clay Rice (1828 - 1864) "Turn me over and let me die with my face to the foe."

Question

Brigadier General James Clay Rice (1828 - 1864) his last words were  "Turn me over and let me die with my face to the foe." A bravest of brave U.S. Civil War soldier of the Union Army! Valor in the face of death!

We need collaboration in sourcing and connecting this Brigadier General who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, on May 10, 1864 having his leg shot off!

Thank you

Note: surprisingly he didn’t have a Wikitree profile 

Per Wikipedia: James Clay Rice was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony…

Answer 1

Nice!  Thanks for adding him and making WikiTree much better.

I connected him to his Family Search profile.  His bio should probaby be edited appropriately for WikiTree.

Answer 2

Rats!  His mother did not show up in the suggestions when I created her.  She is on WikiTree and I linked her in a Merge.

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His mother is a descendant of Mayflower passengers Howland and Tilley.

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He has Mayflower roots!

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Now that he is better connected it’s showing he’s my 5th cousin. 

Answer 3

Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing, French Navy Admiral and Hero of The American Revolutionary War. He was sent to the guillotine on 28 April 1794.[21] Before his execution, d'Estaing wrote, "After my head falls off, send it to the British, they will pay a good deal for it!

C'est Bon Magnifique ! 

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Thank you very interesting!