Individual Details
John Dudley Lowe
(16 Apr 1838 - 5 Mar 1904)
John Dudley Lowe was born in South Carolina to Mahala Flowers and Joh n Obediah Lowe. After the death of his father in 1839, his mother rem arried to
Aziel Norris and the family relocated to Alabama about 1845. He wa s living
in Talladega Co. in 1850. He enlisted in the 9th Alabama Infantry Bat talion in 1861 and is listed on the original muster. This unit was su bsequently enlarged to the 58th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The regime nt participated in Shiloh, Chicamauga and in various campaigns throug h Atlanta and Nashville(see below).He is listed as a teamster in thi s regiment and was captured at Spanish Fort in the final defense of M obile Alabama. He married Nancy Caroline Harrison (a next door neigh bor to his mother in 1860) in St. Clair Co. Alabama in 1866. He cont inued to live in Alabama until his death in 1904, he is buried in Mac edonia Cemetery, Shelby County,Alabama. He is listed in the census a s being a farmer and according to his grandson, Grover Lowe, he ra n a sorgum mill.
Civil War Record:
The Ninth Alabama Infantry Battalion was organized at New Bern, Alaba ma November 1861 as a nine company unit. The battalion was placed o n duty at Mobile, Alabamaand joined the Army of the Tennessee in th e summer of1863. In August, it was mustered out and reformed as th e 58th Alabama Infantry, August 1863. J.D.Lowe was in Company I als o referred to as the St. Clair Sharpshooters and in 1863 was transfer red to Company E. The regiment served in the Army of Tennessee unti l early in 1865 when it was transferred to the Department of Alabama , Mississippi, and East Louisiana. J.D. Lowe was subsequently capture d at Spanish Fort, Mobile, Alabama and interred at Ship Island, Missi ssippi until the end of hostilities.
Engagements:
Ninth Alabama Battalion
June 23-July 7 1863 Campaign in Middle Tennessee(Tullahoma Campaign)
June 24-26 1863 Actions, Hoover's Gap, Tennessee Bate's Brigade,Stewa rt's Div
Aug 16-Sept 22 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia Campaign
Fifty-Eighth Alabama Infantry
Aug 16-Sept 22 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia Campaign
Sept 22-Nov 23 1863 Chattanooga Campaign Clayton's Brigade,Stewart' s Division
Nov 24-25 1863 Missionary Ridge,(Tunnell Hill) Tennessee
May 1-Sept 8 1864 Atlanta Campaign Holtzclaw's Brigade, Clayton's Div ision
May 8-11 1864 Operations aginst Rocky Faced Ridge Demonstration
May 8-9 1864 Buzzard's Roost Gap(Mill Creek) Battle
May 17 1864 Engagement Adairsville, Georgia
May 25 1864 Combat New Hope Church, Georgia
June 10-July 2 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
June 11-14 1864 Combat Pine Hill, Georgia
June 15-17 Combat Lost Mountain, Georgia
June 27 1864 Assault Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
July 2-17 1864 Operations on Nickajack Creek and Chattahoochee River , Ga.
July 19-20 1864 Battle Peach Tree Creek, Georgia
July 23-Aug 25 1864,Seige of Atlanta, Georgia
July 28 1864 Battle Ezra's Chapel, Georgia
Aug 31-Sept 1 1864 Battle Jonesborough, Georgia
Nov 29 1864 Engagement Spring Hill, Tennessee
Nov 30,1864 Battle Franklin, Tennessee
Dec 15-16 1864 Battle Nashville,Tennessee
Dec 17-28 1864 Retreat to Tennessee River near Bridgeport, Alabama
Mar 17-April 12 1865 Campaign against Mobile, Alabama
Apr 11 1865 Evacuation Mobile, Alabama and Capture
References:
1. National Census of 1850 Talladega Co. Alabama pg 453 ln 36.
2. National Census of 1860 Coosa Co Alabama.
3. National Census of 1870 St.Clair Co Al pg 74 ln 28.
4. National Census of 1880 Shelby Co Al Vol 21 Ed 129 Sh 3 Ln 1.
5. National Census of 1900 Shelby Co Al Roll 39 Vol 55 Ed 134 Sh 13 L n 10.
6. Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 Vol X pg 55 Ed.Janet B. H ewett.
7. State of Alabama Civil War Pension Application of N.C. Lowe.
8. Original Muster Roll of Alabama 58th Infantry, State of Alabama Ar chives.
9. Verbal history of Grover Lowe taken by Ray Forbes.
10. Civil War Records of J.D.Lowe, National Archives.
Aziel Norris and the family relocated to Alabama about 1845. He wa s living
in Talladega Co. in 1850. He enlisted in the 9th Alabama Infantry Bat talion in 1861 and is listed on the original muster. This unit was su bsequently enlarged to the 58th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The regime nt participated in Shiloh, Chicamauga and in various campaigns throug h Atlanta and Nashville(see below).He is listed as a teamster in thi s regiment and was captured at Spanish Fort in the final defense of M obile Alabama. He married Nancy Caroline Harrison (a next door neigh bor to his mother in 1860) in St. Clair Co. Alabama in 1866. He cont inued to live in Alabama until his death in 1904, he is buried in Mac edonia Cemetery, Shelby County,Alabama. He is listed in the census a s being a farmer and according to his grandson, Grover Lowe, he ra n a sorgum mill.
Civil War Record:
The Ninth Alabama Infantry Battalion was organized at New Bern, Alaba ma November 1861 as a nine company unit. The battalion was placed o n duty at Mobile, Alabamaand joined the Army of the Tennessee in th e summer of1863. In August, it was mustered out and reformed as th e 58th Alabama Infantry, August 1863. J.D.Lowe was in Company I als o referred to as the St. Clair Sharpshooters and in 1863 was transfer red to Company E. The regiment served in the Army of Tennessee unti l early in 1865 when it was transferred to the Department of Alabama , Mississippi, and East Louisiana. J.D. Lowe was subsequently capture d at Spanish Fort, Mobile, Alabama and interred at Ship Island, Missi ssippi until the end of hostilities.
Engagements:
Ninth Alabama Battalion
June 23-July 7 1863 Campaign in Middle Tennessee(Tullahoma Campaign)
June 24-26 1863 Actions, Hoover's Gap, Tennessee Bate's Brigade,Stewa rt's Div
Aug 16-Sept 22 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia Campaign
Fifty-Eighth Alabama Infantry
Aug 16-Sept 22 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia Campaign
Sept 22-Nov 23 1863 Chattanooga Campaign Clayton's Brigade,Stewart' s Division
Nov 24-25 1863 Missionary Ridge,(Tunnell Hill) Tennessee
May 1-Sept 8 1864 Atlanta Campaign Holtzclaw's Brigade, Clayton's Div ision
May 8-11 1864 Operations aginst Rocky Faced Ridge Demonstration
May 8-9 1864 Buzzard's Roost Gap(Mill Creek) Battle
May 17 1864 Engagement Adairsville, Georgia
May 25 1864 Combat New Hope Church, Georgia
June 10-July 2 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
June 11-14 1864 Combat Pine Hill, Georgia
June 15-17 Combat Lost Mountain, Georgia
June 27 1864 Assault Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
July 2-17 1864 Operations on Nickajack Creek and Chattahoochee River , Ga.
July 19-20 1864 Battle Peach Tree Creek, Georgia
July 23-Aug 25 1864,Seige of Atlanta, Georgia
July 28 1864 Battle Ezra's Chapel, Georgia
Aug 31-Sept 1 1864 Battle Jonesborough, Georgia
Nov 29 1864 Engagement Spring Hill, Tennessee
Nov 30,1864 Battle Franklin, Tennessee
Dec 15-16 1864 Battle Nashville,Tennessee
Dec 17-28 1864 Retreat to Tennessee River near Bridgeport, Alabama
Mar 17-April 12 1865 Campaign against Mobile, Alabama
Apr 11 1865 Evacuation Mobile, Alabama and Capture
References:
1. National Census of 1850 Talladega Co. Alabama pg 453 ln 36.
2. National Census of 1860 Coosa Co Alabama.
3. National Census of 1870 St.Clair Co Al pg 74 ln 28.
4. National Census of 1880 Shelby Co Al Vol 21 Ed 129 Sh 3 Ln 1.
5. National Census of 1900 Shelby Co Al Roll 39 Vol 55 Ed 134 Sh 13 L n 10.
6. Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 Vol X pg 55 Ed.Janet B. H ewett.
7. State of Alabama Civil War Pension Application of N.C. Lowe.
8. Original Muster Roll of Alabama 58th Infantry, State of Alabama Ar chives.
9. Verbal history of Grover Lowe taken by Ray Forbes.
10. Civil War Records of J.D.Lowe, National Archives.
Events
| Birth | 16 Apr 1838 | SC | |||
| Marriage | 1866 | St. Clair Co., Ala - Nancy Caroline HARRISON | |||
| Death | 5 Mar 1904 | ||||
| Burial | Macedonia Cemetery, Shelby Co., Ala |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Caroline HARRISON (1847 - 1918) |
| Child | William Smiley Lowe (1868 - 1952) |
| Child | Mary LOWE Molly (1870 - ) |
| Child | Sarah (Sally) Lowe (1872 - ) |
| Child | Dora "Shelly" LOWE (1874 - ) |
| Child | Mahala Bell Lowe (1875 - 1965) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Clarcey LOWE (1880 - ) |
| Child | John Marion Lowe (1882 - 1970) |
| Child | Living |