The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-22
! In Menorian. I

Died, in Gorham, Jan. 18th, at the residence
of ]. B. Webb, Capt. Hamilton S. Lowell, late
of Co. E., 18TH Regiment M. V. NJ. aged "a
years.
Capt. Lowell was native of Windham, and
last surviving son Of the late lamented Daniel
Lowell, an estimable and worthy citizen of
that town. Capt. Oliver II. Lowell, the ED
er and only brother of the deceased, we'll
known in this section as the able instructor in
Mathematics at the Westbrook Seminary, and
afterwards as teacher of the classics in the
Gorham Seminary, fell on. the eventful Second
of July, at Gettysburg. -.'' ~ .'.'-i T. : 'ei
The subject of this notice, whose early de-
parture, though expected for several month";
past, has indeed fallen upon us suddenly, wa
young man of great promise. This is nc
unme ming compliment. The writer knew him
long and intimately, and though he loved hin
well, he can but extol his virtues from convic
ton. After passing through the preparatory
course at the Westbrook Seminary, where his
brother was at that time one of the instruc
tors, young Lowell entered 'Bowdoin College
with the class Of 1862. On the breaking out
of the war in 1861, like thousands OF our nc
Bile students, he ardently espoused the cause
of the Union; and having partially recruited
a company of men, he was made I'd Lieut.. o
Co. E., 18th Maine Vols, just forming undei
the command of Col. afterwards General,
Shepley: Soon after the arrival of his reei
ment 1.-THE South, Lieut. Lowell was promotl
ed to be list Lieutenant of his company. AT
the memorable siege of Port Hudson he left
the bed Of sickness to JOIN his company, and
bravely stood by them, enduring their hard
ships and sharing their dangers, till that last
stronghold Of secession on the Mississippi liad
fallen into the hands Of the Unionists. In
the autumn of 1853 he was promoted to be
Captain of his company in place of Captain
Knight who had just resigned. % 81 a21o9 o.
When his regiment was ordered to the Pc
tonac in the summer of 1864, Capt. Lowell
had just returned from his first Through to
the North. At the memorable victory O.
Fishers Hill, he stood at his post and saw his
classmate, Capt Phillips, borne to the rear
pierced with wounds; but having received a
wound in the left'shoulder, he was obliged to
leave the field Having served three years he
was mustered out of the service with his regi-
ment in 1884. But he had already remained
in the service too long; the insidious destroy
er had long been secretly at work on his man.
yframe. Suffering from troublesome cough
Capt. Lowell decided to spend the winter
1964-5 in New Orleans; but soon after hi
arrival he was taken down with a violent at
tack of pneumonia from which he never fsi,s
ly rallied. He returned home in May last
since which time he has been gradually falling
until on Wednesday of last week he quietly
breathed his last. bodo'l ii ,-csgo,. L-... -
Though a great sufferer, he was ever pa-
tient; though young and full OF hope, he met
death willingly and without a mur1nur look.
ing forward to happy reunion with the dear
ones who had gone before. Perhaps we can
offer no better eneomium than that of his at
tending physician, that through all his suffer-
ings of war and disease "he was good SOL
der" His was trile manly courage, and it
never forsook him. From boyhood he took a
deep interest in the great questions which
agitated the public mind, and never SCRUBBED
to advocate the principlesfo for which he has at
length offered up his life. While we sympa-
thfze with his afflicted family, and, claim a
large share OF their sorrow as our own. we can
but feel that the living are the only losers in
the death of one SO brave, so honest and high
minded Virtues like his are meet for heaven.
and cannot die, though the body perish and
moulder back to dust $40 apsluia R.