S. W. [Lowe] Letter, 1862[?] February 11

Item — Box: 4273.002, Folder: 001

Letter from S. W. Lowe, Falls Church, Virginia, February 11, 1862

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Scope and Contents

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 drill, 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".

Dates

Creation: 1862[?] February 11

Creator

Lowe, Lucius D. (Person)

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