CIVIL WAR 1st MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY BANKER BATH ME LOW&DOW DOCUMENT SIGNED CHECK

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Here’s a Document Signed by Two Noted 19
th
Century Bath, Maine Citizens – One a Civil War Artillery Veteran
FRANK H. LOW
(1851 – 1907)
19
th
CENTURY AMERICAN BANKER – TREASURER and CASHIER OF THE LINCOLN NATIONAL BANK OF BATH, MAINE
&
TREASURER OF THE KNOX & LINCOLN RAILWAY 1880s-1890s.
-AND-
GEORGE R. DOW
(1845 – 1927)
CIVIL WAR VETERAN IN “L” Co., 1
st
MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY 1864-1866
HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED BY LOW – A BANK CHECK DATED AT BATH, ME, DEC. 1, 1899, PAYING GEORGE R. DOW (WHO ALSO ENDORSES ON THE VERSO) . FROM LINCOLN NATIONAL BANK – LOW SIGNS AS TREASURER OF THE BANK.
A TWO CENT BATTLESHIP INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP IS APPLIED TO THE DOCUMENT – LOW HAS WRITTEN HIS INITIALS OVER THE STAMP, “
F.H.L
”.
The document measures 8” x 3” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
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BIOGRAPHICAL/GENEAOLOGICAL NOTES:
Frank H. Low
Birth
1851
Death
1907 (aged 55–56)
Burial
Pine Grove Cemetery
,
Portland
,
Cumberland County
,
Maine
,
USA
Plot
Lot 38½ Forbes Addition
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George R Dow
Birth
8 Dec 1845
Death
25 Jan 1927 (aged 81)
Burial
Oak Grove Cemetery
,
Bath
,
Sagadahoc County
,
Maine
George Dow
Residence: Bath, Maine
Enlistment Date: 28 Dec 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 December 1864 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company L, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 28 Dec 1864.
Mustered Out Company L, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 1 Sep 1866.
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MAINE
1ST HEAVY ARTILLERY
(three years)
First Heavy Artillery.-Cols., Daniel Chaplin, Russell B.
Shepherd; Lieut.-Cols., Thomas H. Talbot, Russell B. Shepherd,
Zemro A. Smith; Majs., Charles Hamlin, Russell B. Shepherd,
George W. Sabine, Christopher V. Crossman, Zemro A. Smith,
Charles W. Nute, Harrison G. Smith.
This regiment was
originally organized as the 18th infantry (q.v.), but was
changed to heavy artillery after five months' service, and by
general order No. 62, from the adjutant-general's office of
Maine, series of 1862, was designated as the 1st regiment,
heavy artillery, Maine volunteers.
Two additional companies
were organized-one in Jan., 1864, the other in Feb., 1864.
The original members were mustered out on June 6, 1865, but
the organization, composed of veterans and recruits of this
regiment and accessions from the 17th and 19th Me. infantry,
remained in service and was mustered out at Washington, D. C.,
Sept. 11, 1865.
The men returned to Bangor, Me., on the 17th
and were paid and discharged on the 20th.
The several
companies were stationed in the defenses of Washington until
1864.
The 3d battery of mounted artillery was temporarily
attached to this regiment, and served as Co. M, from March 28,
1863, to Feb. 23, 1864 The maximum number of men required for
the regiment (1,800), was secured in Feb., 1864, when two new
majors were added and four lieutenants in each company instead
of two.
On May 15, 1864, the regiment as thus organized
joined the Army of the Potomac at Belle Plain landing and came
under fire for the first time on the 19th, when it took a
prominent part in repulsing a heavy attack of the enemy on the
supply trains near the Fredericksburg pike.
It suffered
severely in the action, losing 476 men in killed, wounded and
missing.
It subsequently participated in the battles of
Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Boydton
road, Weldon railroad, Hatcher's run, and in all the final
movements resulting in the evacuation of Richmond and
Petersburg and the surrender of Gen. Lee.
On May 24, 1864,
the regiment was assigned to the 3d brigade, 3d division, 2nd
corps.
In the heroic assaults on the enemy's works at
Petersburg, between June 15-30, the regiment lost 30 killed,
519 wounded and 31 missing, 6 of the killed being commissioned
officers.
Col. Chaplin was mortally wounded by a sharpshooter
on Aug. 18 at Deep Bottom, and in the action on the Boydton
plank road, Oct. 27, the regiment lost 3 commissioned officers
and 29 men.
In an engagement of a little more than an hour at
Hatcher's run, March 25, 1865 it lost 1 officer and 3 men
killed, and 23 wounded and captured.
The regiment was at
Bailey's cross-roads April 16, and later participated in the
grand review at Washington.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
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