Record #:

9223

Author(s):

Turner, Frank M.

Abstract:

Amos Lane was accused of being a deserter by both the Confederate and Union armies, having belonged to and deserted both during the Civil War. His outfit of 150 Confederate deserters was called the Buffalo Unit who drank heavily and harassed farmers. He died at the age of eighty-one.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 1, June 1979, p21, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertion; Desertion, Military--North Carolina