Charles Russell Lowell

Charles Russell Lowell (2 January 1835-20 October 1864), American soldier, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Anna Cabot Jackson Lowell (1819-1874), a daughter of Patrick Tracy Jackson, married Charles Russell Lowell, Sr., a brother of James Russell Lowell; she wrote verse and books on education. Her son graduated from Harvard in 1854, worked in an iron mill in Trenton, New Jersey, for a few months in 1855, spent two years abroad, and from 1858 to 1860 was local treasurer of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. In 1860 he took charge of the Mount Savage Iron Works, in Cumberland, Maryland.

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2 January - 1835 - 20 October - 1864 - American - Soldier - Boston, Massachusetts - Anna Cabot Jackson Lowell - 1819 - 1874 - Patrick Tracy Jackson - Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. - James Russell Lowell - Verse - Education - Harvard - 1854 - Iron mill - Trenton, New Jersey - 1855 - 1858 - 1860 - Burlington & Missouri River Railroad - Mount Savage Iron Works - Cumberland, Maryland

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He entered the Union army in June 1861 (commission May 24) as captain of the 3rd (afterwards 6th) U.S. cavalry; on the 15th of April 1863 he became colonel of the 2nd Massachusetts cavalry; he was wounded fatally at the Battle of Cedar Creek on 19 October 1864, when he was promoted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, and died on the next day at Middletown, Virginia.

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Union - 1861 - May 24 - 1863 - Battle of Cedar Creek - 19 October - 1864 - Brigadier General - Middletown, Virginia

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Lowell married in October 1863, Josephine Shaw (1843-1905), a sister of Colonel R. G. Shaw. Her home when she was married was on Staten Island, and she became deeply interested in the social problems of New York City. She was a member of the State Charities Aid Society, and from 1867 to 1889 was a member of the New York State Board of Charities, being the first woman appointed to that board. She founded the Charity Organization Society of New York City in 1882, and wrote Public Relief and Private Charity (1884) and Industrial Arbitration and Conciliation (1893).

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1863 - Josephine Shaw - 1843 - 1905 - R. G. Shaw - Staten Island - New York City - 1867 - 1889 - New York State Board of Charities - Charity Organization Society of New York City - 1882 - 1884 - 1893

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See Edward E. Emerson (ed.), The Life and Letters of Charles Russell Lowell (Boston, 1907).

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