General Rains may refer to:
Gabriel J. Rains (1803–1881), Confederate States Army brigadier general, inventor of the modern anti-personnel mine George Washington Rains (1817–1898), Confederate States Army brigadier general (unconfirmed) James Edwards Rains (1833–1862), Confederate States Army brigadier general James S. Rains (1817–1880), Missouri State Guard brigadier general
See also Julius Raines (1825–1909), British Army general