Rives, a lawyer in Memphis, TN, enlisted as a sergeant in Co. A of the 4th TN Infantry on May 15, 1861. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Perryville, KY on October 8, 1862 and taken prisoner, and was absent through at least May 1864. He surrendered on May 4, 1865 at Citronelle, AL and was paroled at Grenada, MS on May 18, 1865.
Rives returned to practicing law in Memphis, TN after the war, where he is listed in city directories until 1874. His date of death is unknown, although John Hallum's 1895 book The Diary of an Old Lawyer states "he abandoned his profession and removed to his farm near Mason's depot, where he led the life of a morose recluse, ending it in suicide."
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