S.W. Lowe letter, 1862 February 11.

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S.W. Lowe letter, 1862 February 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700237679

The collection contains a single letter from Lowe [the name is not certain] to Miss Roxy Barker of Limerick, New York, a small community close to Watertown. Lowe's letter is dated 11 February 1862 (the final digit spills off the edge of the page) and was sent from Falls Church, Virginia, where his Civil War unit was stationed. In it, he describes conducting skirmishing drills, provisions, tents and sleeping arrangements,equipment, discipline, religious observance, and his own prayer that "I may be prepared to go in peace when it is mine to go [sic] if it is on the field of action or elsewhere".

0.1 linear feet (1 letter)

University of Alabama

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SNAC Resource ID: 8002871

University of Alabama

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Lowe, Lucius D.

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Civil War soldier, perhaps from Limerick, New York. From the description of S.W. Lowe letter, 1862 February 11. (University of Alabama). WorldCat record id: 700237679 ...

Barker, Roxy

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