★★★ Lowther, Alexander Allen

Alexander Allen Lowther​

Born: November 29, 1826

Birthplace: Jones County, Georgia

Father: Samuel Lowther 1788 – 1837
(Buried: Clinton United Methodist Church, Clinton, Georgia)

Mother: Ann Sophia Pepper 1793 – 1829
(Buried: Clinton United Methodist Church, Clinton, Georgia)

Wife: Mary C. Shaaff 1826 – 1883
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)

Children:

Julia Lowther Bedell 1854 – 1926​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas)​

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Alice Lowther Taney 1856 – 1890​

(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)​

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Virginia Hargraves Lowther 1859 – 1928​

(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Russell County, Alabama​

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Served in the Mexican war as a Private​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain Company A, 15th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Major of 15th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Resigned due to ill health & fatigue, resignation later revoked​

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1862: Arrested on September 5, 1862 allowing straggling not prosecuted

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1864: Promoted to Colonel to rank from April 28, 1863​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of 15th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of Fussell's Mill, Virginia​

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1865: Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, with the Army of Northern Virginia​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1889: Farmer in Lee County, Alabama​

Died: September 4, 1889

Place of Death: Lee County, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia

 

[Luke Freet]

I did not know much about Lowther, often see him listed in OoBs. He's far outshone by his predecessor in the 15th Alabama, William Oates.

 

[John Wolf Smith]

He was promoted to colonel in April of 1863 after colonel John Fletcher Treutlen resigned due to ill health. Isaac Ball Feagin to lieutenant colonel and to major William Calvin Oates. Oates was acting colonel at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.

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[John Wolf Smith]

When Lowther got the 15th Alabama in 1864. Major Oates was moved to the 48th Alabama as its Colonel James Lawrence Sheffield resigned.

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