New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-24
COLONEL, CEAEl.Es RUSSELL Lo"
ELL. .SR.

hoo1 &C his men-the post of honor ard OF duty
that he never yet left in battle. hitherto no
has seemed 10 bear almost charmed NE LOT
twelve time. before has his horse fallen beneath
him pierced By bullets. But lilo so carrieu
always in the very thickest Of the fight, could
hardly fail to meet, at length, with certain
death. II is the death of the true soldier anu
one which he, though with more to i've lot
than falls to the lot Of most men, has never
shrunk from for moment.
Col. Lowell sought service at the outbreak
Of tho war. Though not bred to the profession
Of arms, his military genius and his great men,
,al resources attracted notice ut Washington the
first Summer of the Rebellion, and commission
a. Ceplain in the Regular Army was gwen him.
He served with the Sixth Regular Cavalry ana
as staff officer till April, 1908, when he was
appointed to the command OF the Second Mas
sachusctts Volunteer Cavalry. Since then ne
has been for most, il not all of the time, IN
command Of the cavalry in and about wash
ington, the War Department conhding IN
plicilly in bis vigilance ard activity, ialth ne
has justified in many an encounter with Moseby
and hls guerilla bands, projecting hecty and the
adjacent country from their bold and dashing
raids. For some time past he has been III COM
mand of brigade, and when Sheridan took
command in the Valley, Lowell gladly accepted
the opportunity Of serving in regular campaign
and of being released from the guard duty 10
which the Department had for some time re-
stricted him. In every battle il the Valley he
has won such distinction and done such service
that a Brigadier.Generals commission would
ere long. have been bestowed upon him. had
he lived, he must, should the war con-
,inuc. have taken high rank. lie dld
not know what fear was among his
men ho inspired confidence and lovei his
mind and character possessed all those qualities
which make the successful soldier, and fitted
him 10 be n leader. He had great physical en-
durauce. was young-not yet thiriy-and his
whole soul was absorbed in the suppression oil
The Rebellion and in serving the true interest OF
his country. His death is that country
great loss.
Col. Lowell was the only surviving sou oil
Mr.. c. X. Lowell Of Boston, and grandson oi
the late Rev. DR.. Lowell OF Cambridge. Ills
brother, james Russell Lowell a Lieutenant in
the brave 20th Massachusetts, Regiment, was
wounded in the battle oi Malvern Hill, was lett
upon the field. fell into the hands of the Rebels,
and died in four days. Another grandson oi
Or Lowell and first cousin Of these young men,
/ william Lowell, Putnam, then an only suryiy-
| ing son. was killed Lieutenant in the 10th
/ Massachusc,ts. at Balls Bluff Col. Lowell
married about year since n daughter OF Fran
els George Shaw Of Staten Leland, and sister Of
Col. Robert q. Shaw, the only son of his parents,
who fell nj the head of bis regiment, the Massa-
chusetts 5ith in the assault upon Fort Wagner.
Theodore Parkman, the only son Of the Rev.
John Parkman, whose wife and the mother OF
Col. Shaw arc sisters fell AT the battle of New
bern, ~ {. IL these four families connected by
blood aud marriage, and long and intimate friend
ship. five SONS have been killed in battle. or
died. within a shor, period, OF their wounds, four
Of whom were only sons at the time Of their
deaths, and the last is the second and only re-
naming son, meeting death on the held.
They were all Of the best blood of Massa-
chusctts young men Of the highest culture
possessing the first order Of intellect; graceful
and charming in person and presence; untouched
by any youthful or worldly vice; entering upon
lie with the nobrSt and purest aims; sons
whom mothers might be proud TO have borne
co. could transmit fbair
20 be handed down To another generation without
"A tarnish and with new honor. They were bonn
10 fortune and to the highest social station. They
were bred to luxury and ea.e Their lines
were cast in pleasant Places Life to them
was full of promise and hope, prosperity and
high rcputc An unec,sh sense OF duty took
them to the field, to endure is hafdsh.ps and
lis priva,ions. and to lay down upon the altar
of their country, if need be, all thor youthful
hopes. all THEN opportunities, all that the most
careful education had fitted them for in peaceful
paths. all the PROMISE that birth and fortune and
station gave them, all the expectations which
loving parents and troops of friends had built
upon their lives. And the Thirsty, Rebel soil OF
the South has drunk up the young blood of every
one of them
IL IL such records az these that mark the
character Of this war. IL is TO such sacrifices
a. these We are called TO bow down tho head
with II sorrow that has no voice. Are they in
vain Shall there not cowo from such
deaths new life to a whole people, that shall
snatch victory from the grave and the sting