Samuel Allen Rice (January 27, 1828 – July 6, 1864) was born in

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. He attended

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and then graduated from

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in 1849. Then in 1851, he moved to

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, where he practiced law, was county attorney, and then served as the second

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in 1856–1861 on behalf of the Republican Party. In the

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, he was a

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in the 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry which was mustered into

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service on October 4, 1862 within Mahaska County. He fought to open the

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for navigation, and then he commanded the 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, XIII Corps at

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. In August 1863, he was appointed Brigadier General in the U.S. Volunteers. On April 30, 1864 at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas, he was mortally wounded and then was returned to his home state of Iowa. He died at Oskaloosa, Iowa, July 6, 1864 and was interred at Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa.

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was named in his honor. He was the older brother of Union general Elliott Warren Rice.

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