Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lamb, William March 23, 1909
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Special to The New York Times Mar. 24, 1909
NORFOLK, Va., March 23, 1909 Col. William Lamb, aged 73, soldier, lawyer, 
editor, merchant, and politician, died at his home here today. He was known as 
the "Hero of Fort Fisher."

During the civil war, in the siege of three days. In January of 1865, Col. Lamb 
held the fort, near Wilmington, N. C. with 1,900 men against the attack of 
10,000 Federal troopers on land and 600 guns on the water. The Federal Army, 
although victorious, lost more men than Col. Lamb.

After the war Col. Lamb served as Mayor of Norfolk for two terms, and held many 
other offices. He was a delegate to several of the Democratic National 
Conventions, but in 1882 he turned to the Republican Party, and in 1888 was 
chosen State Chairman of the Republican Party.



Special to The New York Times Mar. 24, 1909

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