 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas  Confederate Veteran Magazine April 1913 Among those who have responded to the last roll call, none is more deserving of honorable mention than Capt. Robert G. Lanham, who died March 25, 1912, at his home in Texas, where he had been living for the past 42 years. Captain Lanham, the second son of Col. Thomas W.Lanham, was born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, March 24, 1841, On January 8, 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Robert Merriwether's company of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, Col. Maxey Gregg commanding, and too, part in the reduction of Ft. Sumter. When the term of enlistment had expired, the regiment was disbanded, and Capt. Lanham then joined Company H, 9th Regiment and was elected 1st Lieutenant, serving until the reorganization of the regiment of Yorktown, Virginia, in March 1862. He then joined Co. D, 6th Regiment, Col. John Bratton commanding and served as 1st Lieutenant. His captain, J.W. Walker, was killed at Seven Pines, and he was given command of the company. He was in Seven Days' fight around Richmond, and was at Gaines' Mill, Frazier's Farm, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg, after which his command was ordered to the coast near Suffolk, Virginia. After the battle of Gettysburg, his regiment rejoined Longstreet's Corps and wentto Chickamauga, but got there only in time to follow up the retreat. Capt. Lanham took part in the battle of the Wilderness, the battles of Cold Harbor and Spottsylvania, and the siege at Petersburg. He was wounded while in the rifle pits at Deep Bottom. He surrendered at Appomattox. West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2017 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |