Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Lane, Richard

Lane moved to New Salem in 1827 with his wife, Rachel Drake. He was an abolitionist and had at least two children. Lane fought in the Black Hawk War in the same company as Abraham Lincoln.

The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1879), 807-08; Muster Roll of Abraham Lincoln’s Company of Mounted Volunteers.