I defer to your expertise; though I was under the impression Lane carrierd some degree of "officialdom" with his rank as commissioned in the Kansas Free State Militia not unlike many of the commissions in the Missouri State Guard. Neither were official federalized ranks either by the USA or CSA. Or did Lane just carry himself with such hubris that he got away calling himself "general"?
Got your book ordered and looking forward to it, by the way.
John R.