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James A. Lathrop Confederate Veteran  Vol. XVI July 1908   At the first call to arms, in 1861, JAMES A. LATHROP on Jan. 9, 1861, volunteered at Newberry, for the Confederacy under Capt. Whitfield Walker, who took his company to Charleston, S.C., and united with Maxey Gregg's First Regiment. They assisted in building forts and batteries until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. He was then transferred to the Virginia forces, remaining at Richmond and Fairfax C.H. until the expiration of his six months' term of service. Upon the reorganization of his company he was one of the first to re -enlist for three years of the war. He remained with his command- absent only when wounded, always ready for any duty in camp or on the firing line-until the surrender at Appomattox. His recent death has left a gap in the ranks of his comrades at Newberry, where he was Lieutenant Commander of Stonewall Jackson Camp and one of its most active and zealous members.