LANE, James Henry

Confederate

Born: July 28 1833, Mathews Court House VA

Died: September 21 1907, Auburn AL

Pre-War Profession: Professor at Virginia Military Institute, natural philosophy at the North Carolina Military Institute

War Service: 1861 elected Maj. of 1st North Carolina Volunteers, Big Bethel, Lt. Col., September 1861 Col. of 28th North Carolina, Seven Days (w), Sharpsburg, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Lane's Bde/Hill's Divn at Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Bde/Pender's Divn at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor (w), commanded Lane's Bde/Wilcox's Divn at Petersburg, Appomattox.

Post War: Teacher, college professor.