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James "Little Jim" Lane, like Thomas J. Jackson, taught at VMI prior
to the War. On Day One at Gettysburg, Lane's brigade of North Carolinians
arrived with the remainder of Dorsey Pender's
division. Seeing action on the late afternoon of 1 July, Lane's brigade,
separated from the rest of the division , was said to have formed "squares"
during their attempt to drive Abner Doubleday's
I Corps from Seminary Ridge. On 2 July, Lane was given command of the Pender's
division after Pender was wounded, and he formed the division to support
Richard Ewell's attack on Cemetery Hill before
the attack on his front was abandoned. On 3 July, after forming his division
on the extreme left for James Longstreet's assault,
he was replaced by Issac Trimble and went back to lead his brigade. Advancing
even after Longstreet's left wing was shattered by enfilade fire from the
8th OH, his brigade suffered almost 50% casualties before retreating.
After the War, Lane became professor of civil engineering at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University)
where he died in 1907. He is buried in Auburn's Pine HIll Cemetery. |
