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Portrait of James Henry Lane, Republican and militant supporter of a free-state constitution. He served as United States Senator from Kansas between April 4, 1861 to July 11, 1866. On the first day of the Civil War, April 14, 1861, Lane enlisted more than a hundred men in a military group known as the "Frontier Guard." For three weeks the company served as a special guard for Lincoln and the White House.
Date: Between 1860 and 1866
Item Number: 496
Call Number: B Lane, James Henry *8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 496
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Lane, James Henry
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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