Wednesday, July 7, 2010

T.T. Lowe Paroled from Greensboro April 26, 1865.

 My grandfather fought in battle after battle, winding up the war at the Battle of Bentonville, N.C. March 19-21.. where l9,000 members of the Army of Tennessee  under General Joseph Johnston fought 60,000 Yankees under the command of General William T. Sherman.  It was the last major battle of the War Between the States, Lee having surrendered in April and Johnston a month later.  Grandfather Lowe enlisted March 8,1862, in Company G, 12th Louisiana Infantry. He was mentioned on all roles to August, 1864 and was paroled at Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865.  He was wounded but  continued to serve, including at Atlanta and at Nashville, where the Army of Tennessee had eight generals killed.

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