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Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866

 Person

Biography

James Henry Lane, also known as Jim Lane, was a partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War. During the war itself, Lane served as a United States Senator and as a general for the Union. Although reelected as a Senator during 1865, Lane committed suicide the next year.

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James Henry Lane Letter, 1865

 Item
Identifier: MC-1954-121
Scope and Contents

A letter to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton which is signed also by Senator James Harlan. He says, "Saw Gen. Grant Saturday night-he has no objection to this change." The change would allow all the Indian troops to go home to raise crops for their families.

Dates: 1865-02-13