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James Wellborn Starnes
Born	July 19, 1817 Wilkes County, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	June 30, 1863 (aged 45) Near Spring Hill, Tennessee, C.S.
Allegiance	Confederate States
Branch	Confederate States Army
Service years	1861–1863
Rank	Colonel
Commands	4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Battles	American Civil War Middle Tennessee Campaign (DOW)

James Wellborn Starnes (July 19, 1817 – June 30, 1863) was an American medical doctor and planter who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Biography

Wellborn was commissioned a colonel in the Confederate States Army and commanded a brigade under Bedford Forest. In one genealogical source, he is referred to as a general.

Bibliography

• Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press. p. 355.
• Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns (1983). Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns, and Their Descendants. United States of America: Courier Printing Company. p. 131.

Further reading

• Bradley, Michael R. (2013). "Appendix A". The Raiding Winter. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 157.
• Brown, Myers E. II (2011). Tennessee's Confederates. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 56.
• Guild, George B. (1913). A Brief Narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Nashville, TN. pp. 19–20, 247–249.
• Tullos, Tom (Spring 1992). "History of Genl. James Wellborn Starnes of Williamson County". Warwick, Richard; Manning, Ed (eds.). Williamson County Historical Society Journal, no. 22. pp. 71–83.
• Warwick, Rich, ed. (2010). "Portraits of Williamson County, continued". Williamson County Historical Society Journal, no. 41. p. 51.