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James Dearing (April 25, 1840 - April 22, 1865) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign, making him one of the last officers to die in the war; there are claims that he was the last general officer to die in the war.
Dearing was born in Campbell County, Virginia. He attended Hanover Academy, but received an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1858. He was nearing the completion of his West Point education when his home state seceded. He resigned on April 22, 1861, and was commissioned a lieutenant of artillery in the Virginia Militia. He served at the First Battle of Bull Run in the Washington Artillery out of New Orleans. He and his guns served with George E. Pickett's Brigade at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and with Pickett's Division at Fredericksburg.
At the Battle of Gettysburg Dearing commanded a battalion of artillery in Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, as a major. He actively participated in the second and third days of battle including the massive artillery bombardment prior to Pickett's Charge. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on February 27, 1864. He took command of the horse artillery for Robert E. Lee's army and then commanded various cavalry brigades through the end of the war. (...) more....

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