The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-22
GENERAL LANE DEAD
4 PROMINENT AUBURN PROFESSOR
 PASSES AWAY.
He Was Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering and Had Served
 Twenty-Five Years at
 the Instituffon.


 Auburn, Sept 21.--(Special.)-Gen erai James H. Lane, emeritus profess sor of civil engineering at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. died suddenly this afternoon at o'clock at his resi-
 While his death was not entirely un- expected. the suddenness or the ena came as a great shock to the commu- nity. For the last year he had not been in robust health but the final at- tack was most sudden. It Is a strik- ing fact that in this unexpected way have passed three great figures From the College--Dr. Wm. Leroy Broun, Professor O. D. Smith, and General
 General Lane had just completed the twenty-hfth year of his connection with the Alabama Polytechnic Institute As professor of civil engineering, hay ing been called to the college in 1882. !,
 At the last meeting of the board or trustees in June, in recognition Of ms long and honorable service 10 tne Ss,s eoi- professorship was conferred upon him. His death marked the close Of long and distinguished career as siioIeI and eucator. He was born in Mathews at the famous University Virginia Mil itarv Institute receiving his instruc- tions in physics from Stonewall Jack- son. who at that time held that chair
 
 in mathematics and physics in the Uni yersity of Virginia, under such oistIh- guished teachers as Professor Biedsoe and Francis H. Smith. General Lane mes "reminiscences or these eWihehI
 were most delightful.
 At the outbreak of the Civil war, ne was a professor in the North Carolih@ Military Institute at Charlotte, being associated with Gen. D. H. HllI: lie was elected major of the lst North Carolina volunteers and In rapid sue cession passed through the various grades of lieutenant colonel and brig adler general. At his death. he was one of the rapidly diminishing band or brigadier- generals. During the Wal he was in eharge 9actaens 1f sae ,sreer eerps and was present throughout. the entire cva. .yas fiict in nearly all of the large pattieSS 2 2 and many of the minor engagenents aie E1 the Army of Northern Virginia; Bis Bethel, Cold Harbor, Second ManassaA Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chances ss lorviile, Gettysburg, The Wilderness and so on to the end s,an eral at the battle of sharpsousg, on csro death of General Branch or Noftn SeL eL n oiina. This promotion was on Tack eke son and A. P. HILL. flor gallant anu Ha nlaved a conspicuous part In the Battle of Charlottesville, May |, iu anu
 
 one on the front line when Jacksoh II was wounded in the dark py lhe A4t bIs North Carolina Regiment lie nau is' Hs' horse shot under him in Picketl nis toric charge. At the blV orsrs sue cessfully stemmed the tide or feaea' ths victory. as they went surglng Oo @ right. His command laid ooWn ,i. ttov | arms at the surrender at AppoIna.sot
 After the war, General Lane re -enIsl oS tha nrofeseion of teaching. holding I In turn the following posltlons' o,,o- 1assor of natural philosophy ana con mandant, Virginia Polytechnic enal ths | tute; professor of nnathematSs' oS Inf | of Mines. Missouri; and proIessoI Sn y1 civil engineering. Alabama Foly'eSHA-e Ganerai Lane was a man of most con, | sniouous traits of character ,.t 1 and honest in his convictsionSa rd in his cSonversation; loyal and sincere In a.l oS his relations of life. He was a1 1 Compartment of the finest quall.ieS o' the old time Southern gentlemen a1o at Auburn. was Miss Charlotte Ran dolph Meade. member of of,e Lne o'slsn. Han. 1 eyutshed Meade family Of Virginla- SSn, St,a, eFel Lane leaves w;sg four ID fRicSsmond. faSsntd Va Misses Kate and Lottie, of Auburn a1r ane Mrs. Mary Petrie, the wife oL George Petrie, Professor or HistorS anu LaTIm Tha q bodv of General Lane will be Inferred at the cemetery at Auburn.
 fn Q Iefter from Beauvoir, dated July 25. 1886, President JefteEson DaTIS t pfs. "Endeared to me Us he Is by bts service to the South, when he wa' the youngest brigadier in the Condeo. crate Army. I admit that Ieei SaI, Ma[h | interest in his success, not TOT himsen only. hut also as a good example Iol the youth of the State love so We'll