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CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL
Lowell, Charles R., brigadier-general, was born in
Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1835. He was graduated A. B. at the
head of his class, at Harvard, in 1854, spent several years in
European travel, and at the time of the outbreak of the Civil
war was manager of the Mount Savage iron works Maryland. He
offered his services to the government in the spring of 1861,
and on May 14 was commissioned captain in the 6th cavalry. He
served all through the Peninsular campaign, and at the close
of it was brevetted major for gallantry and assigned to the
staff of Gen. McClellan. At Antietam he carried orders from
the commanding general under severe fire, rallied broken
regiments and displayed so great gallantry that he was
commissioned to carry the captured standards to Washington.
In the fall of 1862 he organized the 2nd Mass. cavalry, of
which he was made colonel May 1O, 1863. During the winter of
1863-64 he commanded the advanced defenses of Washington, and
in July he was engaged against the attack of Early. He
subsequently commanded the provisional cavalry brigade under
Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley, and finally the reserve
brigade, with which he distinguished himself at the battle of
Opequan creek, Sept. 19, 1864, and on Oct. 9 took a leading
part in the overthrow of Gen. Rosser's cavalry. During his
three years, service he had had twelve horses shot under him
and had escaped without injury, but at Cedar Creek he was
wounded early in the day, and later, having refused to leave
the field, he led his brigade in a final successful charge and
received a mortal wound. His commission as brigadier-general
of volunteers issued at the request of Gen. Sheridan, was
signed in Washington on the day of the battle, Oct. 19, 1864.
He died at Middletown, Va., Oct. 20, 1864.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 8
