The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29
Another Hero Fallen.

A day or two since, a two line despatch
IN this paper informed our readers that
Col. Lowell, one Cfthe most talented yoang
men and dashing cavalry officers in tie
army, fell in Sheridan's las. great victory.
But few of our readers know that THIS was
Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., for d time Il
citizen OF Burlington, and in the err rlov Of
the B. & NJ. Il. r. +. The N. Y. tribune,
Of Monday pays the following tribute %
Colonel Lowell:
Colonel Charles Russell Lowell. yr.. ives
wounded in the battle Of Cedar Greek, on
Wednesday last, aud died the next day. OF
the particulars OF his death nothing is as
yet known; but he fell, we may be sure, at
the head OF his men-the post Of honor and
Of duty that he never yet left in battle
Hitherto he has seemed TO bear almest
charmed life, for twelve times before has
his horse fallen beneath him pierced by
bullets. But a life so carried, always in
the very thickest Of the fight, could hardly.
fail to meet, at length, with certain death.
It is the>death Of the true soldier, and one
which he, though with more to live for than
falls to the lot ofmost men, has never shrunk
from for moment.
Colonel Lowell sought service at the out
break OF the war. Though not bred to the
profession of arms, his military genius and
his great mental resources attracted notice
at Washington the first Summer Of the Re-
bellion, and a commission as Captain in the
Regular Army was given him. He served
with the sixth Regular Cavalry and as q
staff officer till April, 1863, when he was
appointed to the command Of the Second
Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry. Since
then he has been foremost, IL not all OF the
time, in command Of the cavalry in and
about Washington, the War Department
con6ding implicitly in his vigilance and
activity, faith he has justified In many an
encounter with Moseby and his guerrilla
bands, protecting the city and the adjacent
country from their bold and dashing raids.
For some time past be has been in COM
mand 81 n brigade. and when Sheridan took
command in the Valley, Lowell gladly ac-
cepted the opportunity Of serving in q reg
ular campaign, and q being released from
the guard duty to which the Department
had for some time restricted him. In eve
~ battle in the Valley he has won such
distinction and done such service that q
Brieadier Generals commission would, ere
long, been bestowed upon him. Had he
lived, he must. should the war continue,
have taken high rank. He did not know
what fear was; among his men he inspired
confidence and love: his mind and charac-
ter possessed all those qualities which
make the successful soldier, and fitted him
to be leader. He had great physical en-
durance, was yOnng-nOt yet thirty--And
his whole soul was absorbed in the sup
preston Of the Rebellion and in serving
the true interest Of his country. His death
is that country's great loss.
Col. Lowell was the only surviving son
| Of Mr.. G. r. Lowell Of Boston, and grand
son OF the late Rev. DR.. Lowell of Cam
bridge. His brother James Russell Low
ell, 4 Lieut.. ia the brave 10Th NJ massachusetts,
Regiment, was wounded in the battle Of
Malvern Hill, wAs left upon the field. fell
into the hands of the Rebels, and died in
four days. Another grandson Of DR.. Low
ell and first cousin Of these young men,
William Lowell Putnam, then an only
IsurvlvinQ son, was killed, u Lieutenant in
| the 10Th Massachusetts, at Balls Bluff
| Col. Lowell married about . year since q
daughter OF Francis George Shaw ofStaten
Island, and sister of Col. Robert g. Shaw,
the only son Of his parents, who fell at the
head Of his regiment, the Massachuseta
54th, in the assault upon Fort Wagner
Theodore Parkman, the only son Of the
/ Rev John Park man, whose wife and the
mother Of Col. Shaw are sisters, fell ct the
battle of Newborn, n. G. In these foul
families connected by blood and marriage
/ and long and intimate friendship, five sOnt
have been killed in battle, or died, within
q short period, of their wounds, four o.
whom were the only sons at the time o.
their deaths, and the last is the second and
enly remsining son, meeting death on the
field. They were all of the best blood o
Massachusetts; young men Of the highes
! culture possessing the frst order Of intel
lect; graceful and charming in person and
presence: untouched by any youthful OF
worldly vice entering upon life with the
noblest and purest aims; sons whom
mothers might be proud to have borne, and
TO whom fathers could transmit their names
to be handed down to another generations
without q tarnish aud with new honor
l They were bern 70 fortune andIto tho high.