CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: E. J. LAKE - Smith County, TX 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

E. J. LAKE

Enoch J. Lake enlisted April 1861 in 3rd S. C. Vol. Infantry.  Served 
in army of Northern Virginia.  In battles First Manassas, Seven Pines, 
Seven days battle before Richmond, Second Manassas, Harper’s Ferry, 
Sharpsburg or Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancorville and Gettysburg.  
Was wounded in the battles of Seven Pines and Gettysburg.  Was married 
in 1867 to Miss E. C. Setzler, has had eight children, six sons and two 
daughters, now living, four sons and one daughter.  Moved from South 
Carolina to Texas in 1881 and settled near Lindale.  He was captured at 
Gettysburg and sent to David’s Island as a prisoner of war, but in a few 
months he was exchanged.  He is a leading planter near Lindale, Texas.  
Has been county commissioner a number of years, and bears an honorable 
name for liberality and intergrity.