Lanson enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 4 March 1862 at Rising Fawn, Georgia. He was mustered as a Private in Company H, 21st Georgia Infantry. He was captured 18 March 1864 at Sand Mountain, Georgia and was received at Camp Chase Confederate Prison in Columbus, Ohio on 14 April 1864. He died of variola at the prison on 22 February 1865 and buried in grave #1378. He was described on 23 February 1864 as follows: residence Cherokee County, Alabama; 5 feet & 6.5 inches tall, fair complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes.
Lanson enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 4 March 1862 at Rising Fawn, Georgia. He was mustered as a Private in Company H, 21st Georgia Infantry. He was captured 18 March 1864 at Sand Mountain, Georgia and was received at Camp Chase Confederate Prison in Columbus, Ohio on 14 April 1864. He died of variola at the prison on 22 February 1865 and buried in grave #1378. He was described on 23 February 1864 as follows: residence Cherokee County, Alabama; 5 feet & 6.5 inches tall, fair complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes.
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