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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

George W. Lane

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 26th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as 5th Sergeant, Company A, 26th Alabama Infantry about October 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the hand and, slightly, in the instep of his left foot action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was treated at a hospital in Richmond, VA and his ring finger was amputated. He returned to duty, date not given.

References & notes

His service from Fincham's roster,1 sourced from Tod L. Molsworth's O'Neal's 26th Alabama: the Little Regiment that Did (2000).

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Alabama, Published 2005, first accessed 23 August 2020, <https://ranger95.com/civil_war/alabama/index.html>, Source page: /infantry/26ala_inf/26th_ala_inf_roster_a.html  [AotW citation 25475]