wˌɛn dʒˈɛn. bɹˈækstən bɹˈæɡ wʌz kˈɑːnsəntɹˌeɪɾɪŋ hɪz ˈɑːɹmi æt mˈɜːfɹiːsbɚɹˌoʊ, tˌɛnəsˈiː, ðæt sˈeɪm mˈʌnθ, ɹˈeɪnzᵻz bɹɪɡˈeɪd ʌv tɹˈuːps fɹʌm nˈɔːɹθ kˌæɹəlˈaɪnə, ˌæləbˈæmə, ænd tˌɛnəsˈiː tɹˈævəld tə mˈɜːfɹiːsbɚɹˌoʊ ænd wʌz ɐsˈaɪnd tə ðə dᵻvˈɪʒən ʌv mˈædʒ. dʒˈɛn. dʒˈɑːn pˈiː. mə kˈaʊn ɪn hˈɑːɹdiːz kˈɔːɹ.
When Gen. Braxton Bragg was concentrating his army at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that same month, Rains's brigade of troops from North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee traveled to Murfreesboro and was assigned to the division of Maj. Gen. John P. McCown in Hardee's Corps.