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Named for the Chatham County's highest-ranking Confederate officer and a hero in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Col. John Randolph Lane Society was first organized in 1991 as part of a national heritage group. Over time, it became clear the local affiliate needed to strike out on its own to remain faithful to its original mission, and the new society was born.
The Lane Society continues to protect the legacy of Confederate veterans and preserve their history. Among our projects: conducting memorial services to remember our veterans' sacrifice, repairing and restoring cemetery markers and other monuments to their service, providing living history interpretations and publishing historical information about the War Between the States in Chatham County.
Historical publications and other activities of the Society have been honored over the years with awards from outside groups including the North Carolina Society of Historians.
An independent, nonprofit organization, the Lane Society offers membership to qualifying male descendants of those who served honorably for the Confederate States of America. Direct or collateral descendancy must be documented, and applicants must agree and adhere to the society's position on hate groups.
Others who support the society's goals — men who have not documented their Confederate ancestry and women — may apply to become society associates.
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Col. John Randolph Lane
26th Regiment N.C.T.
A farmer in Brush Creek area of Chatham County, John Randolph Lane enlisted as a corporal in the 26th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, and quickly was elected captain and then lieutenant colonel, despite having no prior military experience. He received his commission as colonel during the Battle of Gettysburg, and suffered near-fatal wounds in battle at Gettysburg and Spotsylvania. He survived to become a successful merchant after the war. For a brief online biography of Col. Lane, published by the 26th Regiment North Carolina Troops, a regiment of re-enactors, click here.
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