James Battle Avirett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1835
Place of Birth: Richlands, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 16-Feb-1912
Profession: biographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About James Battle Avirett
- James Battle Avirett (March 12, 1835 – February 16, 1912) was an American Confederate chaplain and author.
- He was the first chaplain commissioned to serve in the Confederate States Army in 1861.
- His The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin before the War, published in 1901 was a nostalgic description of life on a plantation in the Antebellum South.
- By the time of his death, he was "the last surviving Confederate chaplain."
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