John Lane

Son of Joseph Lane (1801-1881) who was a General in the Mexican War (1846-48) then Governor of the Oregon Territory, US Congressman, and, at the start of the Civil War, US Senator from Oregon.

John was a cadet at the US Military Academy at West Point 1857-1861, but resigned before graduating. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Company A, First Georgia Regulars - which was later organized as artillery - on 16 August 1861. In December he was appointed Captain of the Irwin Artillery, originally Company A of the 9th Georgia Infantry, ultimately Company E of the Sumter Artillery.

He commanded the battery on the campaign.

By January 1863 he was detached from his battery to command the battalion and was appointed Major of the Sumter Battalion on 4 April 1863. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the battalion on 1 March 1865.

He moved to Oregon about 1874 and was a school teacher and miner, and by 1880 he was Assessor of Coos County living in Coos Bay, OR and served a term as Sheriff. In 1900 he was at Lewiston in Nez Perce County, ID and was a retired lawyer there in 1910.

His service basics from Jones1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1880-1910, and his obituary in the Coos Bay World of 28 December 1914. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Harriet A. “Hattie” Sherrard (1859-1942) and they had 6 children between 1880 and 1898.

05/17/1837; Evansville, IN

12/24/1914; Lapwai, ID; burial in Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, ID