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Franklin D. Lane

Residence Hanover County VA;
Enlisted on 1/15/1863 at Richmond, VA as a Private.

On 1/15/1863 he mustered into VA Goochland Light Artillery

He was listed as:
* POW 4/6/1865 Sailor's Creek, VA
* Confined 4/10/1865 Point Lookout, MD (Estimated day)
* Oath Allegiance 6/26/1865 Point Lookout, MD (Released)

He was described at enlistment as:
5' 6.0", fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair
died 9/25/1926
Buried: Greenlawn Cem., Newport News, VA

(Admitted to R.E. Lee Camp Soldiers Home, Richmond on
07/16/1923, age 79. Discharged at own request on
02/04/1924.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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Franklin D. Lane, Private, Capt. Jonathan Talley’s Company (Goochland Light Artillery),* enlisted January 15, 1863 at Richmond, Va. by Capt. J. Talley for the war, bounty due as not subject to Conscription (Under age), captured at Sanlor’s Creek, Va. April 6, 1865, sent to Point Lookout, Md. prison, swore to Oath of Allegiance to the United States (signs by mark) and released June 26, 1865, resident of Hannover County, Va., fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5’ 6”

* This company was subsequently designated as the Goochland Light Artillery of Virginia

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia

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