Life span: 02/03/1842 to 09/07/1881TabsLife SummaryFull name: Sidney Clopton LanierPlace of Birth: Macon, GABurial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MDBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateFamily: Robert Sampson Lanier (father), Mary Jane Anderson Lanier (mother), Mary Day Lanier (wife)Education: OtherOther Education: Oglethorpe College (GA)Occupation: MilitaryAttorney or JudgeEducatorJournalistWriter or ArtistOtherOther Occupation: PoetMilitary: Confederate ArmyConfederate Navy Events Documents Images Sidney Lanier Sidney Lanier, detail Bibliography