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James H. Lane papers
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Collection
Identifier: MS0416
Scope and Contents
This collection is a small assortment of materials concerning General James H. Lane’s service with the Bethel Regiment (First North Carolina Troops, later re-organized as the 11th North Carolina Troops) during the Civil War. There is also a “Roll of Honor” that lists deceased veterans.
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Biographical / Historical
James H. Lane was born to Colonel Walter Gardner and Mary Ann Henry Lane in Mathews Court House, Virginia on July 28, 1833. He came from a long line of veteran soldiers and he himself matriculated at the Virginia Military Institute in the early 1850s, graduating in 1854, second in his class. From there, he went on to the Unive
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James Henry Lane, a U.S. congressman, senator, and federal general, was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the son of a lawyer and U.S. congressman. A lawyer himself, Lane served admirably as a colonel of an Indiana volunteer regiment during the Mexican-American War. In 1849 he was elected Indiana’s lieutenant governor and in 1853 he was elected to Congress. Lane’s vote in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which opened much of the western territories to slavery’s introduction, ruined his political reputation among Free-Soil voters in Indiana. In 1855 he moved to Kansas, joined the Free-State movement, and became one of its more notorious leaders.
As an electrifying orator, Lane presided over the 1855 Topeka convention that framed an extralegal, antislavery state constitution and directed the fortification of Lawrence against invading Missourians during the “Wakarusa War” (a skirmish between Free-Staters and proslavery factions in the Lawrence area). In 1856 Lane went to Washington to seek statehood for Kansas, and, when unsuccessful, the self-styled “crusader for freedom” opened a ro
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James Henry Lane (Confederate general)
A university professor and Confederate general in the American Civil War.
For the Union general and Kansas senator with the same name, see James Henry Lane (Union general).
James Henry Lane (July 28, 1833 – September 21, 1907) was a university professor and Confederategeneral in the American Civil War.
As its first Commandant, he is considered to be the father of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and is the namesake of the University's oldest building, Lane Hall.[1]
Early life
Lane was born in Mathews Court House, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1854 and received a master's degree from the University of Virginia in 1857. He was a professor of mathematics at VMI and then of natural philosophy at the North Carolina Military Institute until the start of the Civil War.[2]
Civil War
Lane joined the Confederate Army and was commissioned as a major in the 1st North Carolina Volunteers on May 11, 1861. He participated in the Battle of Big Bethel and was made l
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