Guide to the S.W. [Lowe] letter MSS.1811
Lowe, S.W.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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S.W. [Lowe] letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1811
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
1862[?] February 11
- Abstract:
A letter from a Civil War soldier stationed at Falls Church, Virginia in February 1862, describing many aspects of camp life.
Scope and Contents note
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".
- Processing Information:
Processed by
John Beeler, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
The S. W. Lowe letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Donated by Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Civil War soldier, perhaps from Limerick, New York.
Letter Box 6648 Folder 1811
Letter from S. W. Lowe, Falls Church, Virginia, February 11, 1862 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20786