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George Minot Lane (Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier)

b. 1833-05-28 d. 1917-08-10

Detroit, Michigan, student, upholsterer, and soldier. Michigan native. Son of M. T. Lane and Ruth F. Lane. Married to Mary Lane. Father of Florence Lane and Mary L. Lane. Graduate from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1853. Upholsterer in Detroit in 1860. Served in the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics (U.S.A.) as a captain. Served in the Invalid Corps (U.S.A.) as captain from June 15, 1863 to January 12, 1864. Served in the 17th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps (U.S.A.) as a captain and brevet major from January 12, 1864 to April 23, 1866.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit Ward 6, p. 517-8.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit Ward 8, p. 137A.

Index to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Michigan, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M545, Roll 0023.

_Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861-65, Vol. VIII (Washington D.C., 1867), 58.

The University Palladium Vol. Vi, No. 1, (Ann Arbor: The Secret Societies, 1864), 8.

"George Minot Lane (1833-1917)," Find A Grave, Memorial #107138509, accessed April8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107138509.

KYR-0001-003-0018.

KYR-0001-003-0019.

KYR-0001-003-0023.

Citation

Lane, George Minot. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202834 (November 12, 2026).

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