Colin J. McRae

Colin J. McRae
Deputy from Alabama
to the Provisional Congress
of the Confederate States
In office
February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Colin John McRae

(1812-10-22)October 22, 1812
Anson County, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 1877 (1877-03) (aged 64)
Puerto de Caballos, British Honduras
(present-day Puerto Cortés, Belize)
Political partyDemocratic
RelationsJohn J. McRae (brother)

Colin J. McRae (born Colin John McRae; October 22, 1812 – February 1877) was an American politician who had served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ The Colin J. McRae Papers, Columbia: South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum
  2. ^ Wright, Lori (October 2011). "Uncovering History: Student Helps Discover Confederate Soldier's Homestead in Belize". The College Letter: Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013.
  3. ^ 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