- Joined
- Nov 8, 2018
- Location
- Palm Coast, Florida
An interesting Confederate general I feel.
Born 28th July, 1833 in Virginia. Graduated from VMI in 1854, plus a masters degree from the University of Virginia. Served as a professor of mathematics at VMI, and then natural philosophy at North Carolina Military I until the war broke out.
Though he was a native of Virginia, he joined the 1st North Carolina (The Big Bethel Regiment) as its major. He fought at the Regiment's engagement at Big Bethel, where he was promoted to Lt. Colonel. When the Bethel Regiment mustered out, he joined the 28th North Carolina as its Colonel.
His regiment joined the brigade of Lawrence Branch in A. P. Hill's Light Division. He would serve in the Seven Days Campaign, where he was wounded twice, and at Antietam, where he succeeded to brigade command when Branch was killed. He would be promoted to Brigadier on 1st November, 1862 (Note: Edward Thomas, commanding the Georgia Brigade in the Light Division, was also promoted on this date; however, later events will show Lane was considered the senior of the 2).
He led the brigade at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In the latter engagement, men from the 18th North Carolina, part of his brigade, were responsible for the friendly fire incident that mortally wounded Stonewall Jackson, though it does not appear Lane was invovled in this incident.
When the army was reorganized, Dorsey Pender (the senior brigadier commanding the other Tarheel brigade) was promoted to command the division, while Archer and Heth (also Lane's seniors) were transferred to Heth's new division. This would make Lane the ranking brigade commander in the Light Division.
He fought at Gettysburg, where he took command of the division as the senior brigadier after Pender was killed, reverted back to brigade command when Isaac Trimble was assigned to command the division for Pickett's Charge, and then when Trimble was wounded and captured, again took command of the division.
After Gettysburg, Cadmus Wilcox was promoted and transferred to command the Light Division. Lane would fight with the army for the rest of the war, recieving a groin wound at Cold Harbor, and commanding the division temporarily from February to March of '65. He would surrender with Lee at Appomattox.
(Photo of Lane in 1865)
After the war, Lane went back to his profession of professing, most prominently becoming the first commandant of the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech. Lane Hall, then the Barracks for the Corps of Cadets, is listed as a Virginian Landmark.
After resigning over disagreements with the president of the university over military restrictions, he went on to Auburn University, where he worked until his death. He was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Born 28th July, 1833 in Virginia. Graduated from VMI in 1854, plus a masters degree from the University of Virginia. Served as a professor of mathematics at VMI, and then natural philosophy at North Carolina Military I until the war broke out.
Though he was a native of Virginia, he joined the 1st North Carolina (The Big Bethel Regiment) as its major. He fought at the Regiment's engagement at Big Bethel, where he was promoted to Lt. Colonel. When the Bethel Regiment mustered out, he joined the 28th North Carolina as its Colonel.
His regiment joined the brigade of Lawrence Branch in A. P. Hill's Light Division. He would serve in the Seven Days Campaign, where he was wounded twice, and at Antietam, where he succeeded to brigade command when Branch was killed. He would be promoted to Brigadier on 1st November, 1862 (Note: Edward Thomas, commanding the Georgia Brigade in the Light Division, was also promoted on this date; however, later events will show Lane was considered the senior of the 2).
He led the brigade at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In the latter engagement, men from the 18th North Carolina, part of his brigade, were responsible for the friendly fire incident that mortally wounded Stonewall Jackson, though it does not appear Lane was invovled in this incident.
When the army was reorganized, Dorsey Pender (the senior brigadier commanding the other Tarheel brigade) was promoted to command the division, while Archer and Heth (also Lane's seniors) were transferred to Heth's new division. This would make Lane the ranking brigade commander in the Light Division.
He fought at Gettysburg, where he took command of the division as the senior brigadier after Pender was killed, reverted back to brigade command when Isaac Trimble was assigned to command the division for Pickett's Charge, and then when Trimble was wounded and captured, again took command of the division.
After Gettysburg, Cadmus Wilcox was promoted and transferred to command the Light Division. Lane would fight with the army for the rest of the war, recieving a groin wound at Cold Harbor, and commanding the division temporarily from February to March of '65. He would surrender with Lee at Appomattox.
After the war, Lane went back to his profession of professing, most prominently becoming the first commandant of the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech. Lane Hall, then the Barracks for the Corps of Cadets, is listed as a Virginian Landmark.
After resigning over disagreements with the president of the university over military restrictions, he went on to Auburn University, where he worked until his death. He was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery.