A REAL DAUGHTER-Final

A REAL DAUGHTER

ESTELLA LOWE RAITERI

DAUGHTER OF C.B. LOWE

Memphis Press --- 1959My Uncle Robert Claims to be the youngest

Son of Confederate Veteran

STELLALOWERAITERI

The Real Deal

STELLA LOWE FALL 2008

Young Stella Lowe Stella Lowe Raiteri at age 87

Pictures of Estella Lowe Raiteri

Mother Just After Her Birthday With Great Grandchild

ESTELLA LOWE RAITERIBORN JANUARY 10, 1922HER MOTHER DIED 1927 She was 5 years old

HER FATHER DIED 1933 She was 11 years old

RAISED BY HER HALF SISTER (Althea Wallace) AND GRANDMOTHER SmithMARRIED AT AGE 16 TO CHARLES RAITERIMOTHER TO SIX CHILDREN AGES 52-70 YEARS OLD.She IS 87 YEARS OLD TODAY AND HEALTHYRECENTLY RECOVING FROM A BROKEN HIP IN JANUARY 2008

Varina Howell Davis Chapter #2559Horn Lake, MS

Shannon Bullard-President

CB LOWE’S MEMORIAL SERVICE

C B Lowe’s memorial Service by UDC Varina Howell DavisChapter #2559, Horn Lake, MS

Memorial Service—November 1, 2008

TWENTY ONE GUN SALUTE

MEMORIAL SERVICE

MEMORIAL SERVICE for CB Lowe

Shannon (Sister) Pam Dad Mom Me

GUSSIE AND SHANNON

Letter from State Senator

A Visit from Ladies of Jefferson Davis Chapter 2191

Gussie Lowe – Born 1887

Married to Wallace - 1901

Married to Loyd - 1903

Married to Loyld 1906

Married CB Lowe 1912

Bore Four Children – One with Wallace and three with CB Lowe

Died 1927

GUSSIE SCOTT, WALLACE, LOYD, LOWE

Died age 40-- Pneumonia

CASHUS BRUTUS LOWE—C B LOWE CASHUS BRUTUS LOWE—C B LOWE ONE OF 10 CHILDREN FROM JANE AND JESSE LOWEBORN 1848 DIED 1933 AT AGE 86MARRIED THREE TIMES-DIVORCED TWICEFATHERED 3 SONS WITH FIRST WIFE LAGANA. HE WAS 32 AND SHE WAS 31MARRIED KATIE - SHE WAS 21- HE THE AGE OF 51 in 1897 AND FATHERED THREE MORE SONS WITH KATIEDIVORCE FROM KATIE IN 1911MARRIED GUSSIE SCOTT in 1912 – SHE WAS 25, HE WAS 64FATHERED TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER (MY MOTHER) WITH GUSSIE SCOTT LOWE FROMAGE 65-75 AND STILL GOING STRONG

CENSUS DATA 1850

SLAVEHOLDER RECORDS 1850Slaves of Jesse Lowe-Father of CB LoweAge Gender Race Slave Owner County, State

44 Male Black Jesse Lowe Lafayette, MS28 Female Black Jesse Lowe Lafayette, MS25 Female Black24 Male Black20 Male Black18 Male Black16 Male Black14 Female Black9 Female Black7 Female Black5 Female Black3 Female Black2 Female Black2 Female Black0 Female Black

CENSUS DATA 1860

Census Data 1870

Census Date 1880

Census Data --1900

Census Data 1910 Where is CB?

Census Data --1920

C B LOWE AT 70 and Family

Althea Wallace

Gussie Scott Lowe

Robert Lowe

Joe Lowe

C B Lowe

Gussie Wallace ( Lowe) CB Lowe and Son Joseph Lowe

APPLICATION FOR PENSION

GEORGE AND C B LOWE WAR DATA

GMD (16) ENLISTED NOV 1861 IN PANOLA, MS AND SERVED IN 1ST MISSISSIPPI CAVALRYCB LOWE (15) ENLISTED MARCH 1864 IN PANOLA, MS AND SERVED IN 1st MS CAVALRYCB AND GMB LOWE SURRENDERED IN MAY 1865 WITH NB FORRESTCB’S OFFICERS WERE CAPTIAN TOBE TAYLOR, COL R A PENSON, General N B FORRESTPOW MAY 4, 1865 Paroled May 19, 1865

Company A -- Carroll Rangers (raised in Carroll County, MS)Company B -- Thompson Cavalry (raised in Lafayette County, MS)Company C -- Panola Cavalry (raised in Panola County, MS)Company D -- Tillatoba Grays (raised in Tallahatchie & Yalobusha Counties, MS)Company E -- Polk Rangers (raised in Calhoun, Lafayette, & Pontotoc Counties, MS)Company F -- Darden Rangers, also the Noxubee Troopers (raised in Noxubee County, MS)Company G -- Noxubee Cavalry Company (raised in Noxubee County, MS)Company H -- Bolivar Troop (raised in Bolivar County, MS)Company I -- Pontotoc Dragoons (raised in Pontotoc County, MS)Company K -- Pontotoc Dragoons No. 2 (raised in Pontotoc County, MS)

Colonels -- Andrew J. Lindsay, R. A. Pinson. Lieutenant-Colonels --John H. Miller, resigned; F. A. Montgomery. Majors -- D. C. Herndon, of battalion; John. S. Simmons, E. G. Wheeler Adjutant -- W. E. Beasley.

1st Mississippi Cavalry(Lindsay’s/Pinson’s)

** from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand’)

ROSTER ROLLS FOR CB LOWE

Roster Rolls for GMD Lowe

BLACK HORSE CAVALY

This is how CB and his brother could have looked in a similar picture

Southern Cross Recipients

ROSTER ROLL OCTOBER 1864GMD LOWE

Engaged in following battles-Documentationobviously engaged in many more

GMB Lowe enlisted November 1861Battle at Columbus, KY --- Nov 1861Battle of Shiloh, TN --- April 6, 1862Siege of Corinth, MS --- May , 1862Battle at Franklin, TN --- April 10 , 1863CB Lowe enlisted --- April 1864Detail at Etowah, TN --- Oct. 1864Atlanta Campaign --- Feb 4, 1864Selma, Ala --- April 2, 1865Surrender at Gainesville, Ala --- May 6, 1865GMB and CB Lowe Released as POW’s May 19, 1865

"The First Mississippi met a foe worthy of their steel in the Second Illinois Nerve was required to make and nerve required to receive that furious charge. Pistols in the hands of the Mississippians proved superior to sabers wielded by the hardy sons of Illinois, and the gallant Pinson, with his reckless Mississippians, finally vanquished and drove from the field the rough riders of Illinois." (Dr. J. G. Deupree, Miss. Hist. Soc., Vol. iv.) The remainder of VanDorn's command was likewise successful, and they set about the work of destroying the immense stores of supplies for Grant's army and the cotton that had beencollected there, which occupied them until four in the evening. "On leaving Holly Springs, our command was the best equipped body of cavalry in the Confederate States service."

This brilliant performance, with Forrest's operations further north, persuaded Grant to abandon his attempt to advance into the interior of Mississippi in support of Sherman's direct attack on the Vicksburg forces.

Attack by the confederates against Grant’sLine of supply at Holly Springs, MS. December 20, 1862

Battle April 10, 1863-Franklin,TNArmstrong and Whitfield, attempted to escape the rear attack by Forrest's Brigade, "Pinson's Regiment was moved in a direction to counteract this effort to escape. The enemy, upon this demonstration, returned to the crest of the hill," wrote General Martin, "when a courier informed me that the enemy had surrendered." In General Orders April 10, 1863, after the attack on Franklin, that day, Gen. W. H. Jackson said, "High mention is due the officers and men of the First Regiment Mississippi Cavalry for the dashing manner in which they charged and drove the enemy into their fortifications."

Attack Against Sherman-2/4/1864

When Sherman's Corps crossed the Big Black on the expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian, February 3, 1864, The first attack was made by Colonel Pinson and his regiment with one piece of artillery, February 4, at Col. Joseph Davis' place, and a spirited fight resulted The First Regiment being engaged in an attack near Meridian on the 14th, then moved toward Columbus to reinforce Forrest, then back towards Sherman's army at Canton. February 27, at Sharon, Starke's Brigade "encountered the enemy and fought them in gallant style." Jackson mentioned Pinson's Regiment as very successful in picking up the Federal foraging parties, bringing off nine wagons and fifteen prisoners. They followed Sherman as far as the Big Black, and then fell back near Livingston.

First Record of Captain Tobe Taylor-CB’s Company’s Captain

1st Cavalry Regiment Formation-1862

Cavalry Division-Siege of Atlanta -1864

Military History of Mississippi(Lindsay/Pinson Cavalry)

In October they took part in Hood’s campaign toward Chattanooga. Captain Taylor, with twenty-five men, was detailed to take up rails near the Etowah bridge to delay reinforcements for Allatoona during French’s attach, October 5, 1864

Note: Two of these twenty men must have been my Grand DaddyC B Lowe and his Brother George (GMD) Lowe.

Last Battle of the War—Selma, AL

Armstrong’s Brigade held the line of works at Selma, Ala, April 2, 1865, which was carried by Wilson’s Cavalry expedition at a heavy cost in killed and wounded. The Colonel of the Seventh Indiana reported the capture of about “300 prisoners, including most of the First Mississippi and a large part of the Tenth”. General Forrest’s Cavalry were surrendered at Gainesville, Ala, May 22, 1865.

The Unions Rules of WarQuote From Gen’l Sherman

The government of the U.S. has any and all rights which they choose to enforce in war - to take their lives, their homes, their land, their everything...war is simply unrestrained by the Constitution...to the persistent secessionist, why, death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better...Mjr. Gen. W. T. Sherman, Jan. 31, 1864

War on Citizens of the CSA

This war on citizens was not simply restrained to be applied against men and women but also children. Gen. Sherman in a June 21, 1864, letter to Lincoln's Sec. of War, Edwin Station wrote, "There is a class of people men, women and children, who must be killed or banished before you can hope for peace and order." Stanton replied, "Your letter of the 21st of June has just reached me and meets my approval." While the war on civilians started much earlier than 1864, the above is simply proof that the war on children was part of that scheme!

Grant on Prisoner Exchanges

" It is hard on our men held in Southern prisons not to exchange them, but it is humanity to those left in the ranks to fight our battles. Every man released on parole or otherwise becomes an active soldier against us at once, either directly or indirectly. If we commence a system of exchange which liberates all prisoners taken, we will have to fight on until the whole South is exterminated." .....Gen. Grant, August 18, 1864 in a dispatch to Gen. Butler

Reconstruction Gov of TennesseeFirst Governor of TN

In 1865, the Methodist Rev. William G. Brownlow of Knoxville became the carpet bagger Governor of Tennessee as head of the minority Radical Unionists. He immediately started a second civil war against returning Confederates. Earlier as editor of Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, he was pro-southern and pro-slavery. He became a fanatical Unionist and was expelled to the North.He (Brownlow) encourages the people, wrote a diarist in late 1864, to kill their rebel neighbors wherever they find them, to do it without noise, secretly, but do it, and bury them in the woods like brutes.Brownlow's speeches so much pleased the Republicans that they invited him to go about repeating similar speeches to stir up the old soldiers to the fury of a second war on the South."If I had the power," Parson Brownlow said, " I would arm and uniform in the Federal habiliments every wolf and panther and catamount and tiger and bear in the mountains of America; every crocodile in the swamps of Florida and South Carolina; every negro in the Southern Confederacy, and every devil in hell, and turn them on the rebels in the South, if it exterminated every rebel from the face of God's green earth ...Every man, woman and child south of the Mason Dixon line. I would like to see Richmond and Charleston captured by negro troops commanded by Butler the Beast. We will crowd the rebels into the Gulf of Mexico, and drown the entire race, as the devil rid the hogs in the Sea of Galilee. (Long and loud applause)"I am one of those who believes the war has ended too soon. We have whipped the rebels but not enough.....The second army of invasion will, as they ought to, make the entire South as God found the earth, without form and void. They will not, and ought not to, leave one rebel fence-rail, out house, one dwelling, in the eleven seceded states. As for the Rebel population, let them be exterminated. When the second war is wound up, which should be done with swift destruction, let the land be surveyed and sold out to pay expenses."Let [the first army] them be the largest division, and do the killing. Let the second division be armed with pine torches and spirits of turpentine and, and let them do the burning! Let the third and last division be armed with surveyors' compasses and chains, that will survey the land and settle it with loyal people."....'burn and kill! Burn and kill!" until the whole rebel race is exterminated."

ANDERSONVILLE

Edward Wellington Boate was a soldier in the 42nd NY Inf. and a prisoner at Andersonville in 1864. He wrote of his experiences in the NY Times shortly after the war and commented on whom he held responsible for Andersonville’s legacy."You rulers who make the charge that the rebels intentionally killed off our men, when I can honestly swear they were doing everything in their power to sustain us, do not lay this flattering unction to your souls. You abandoned your brave men in the hour of their cruelest need. They fought for the Union and you reached no hand out to save the old faithful, loyal and devoted servants of the country. You may try to shift the blame from your own shoulders, but posterity will saddle the responsibility where it justly belongs."The atrocities committed by the North against prisoners of war fill the pages of the Official Records of the War of Rebellion, but are carefully left out of the most "unbiased" accounts. ....Andersonville: The Southern Perspective edited by J.H. Segars, pg. 144-145For more reading on what really happened at Andersonville, you can read a book by a POW who was there, "The True Story of Andersonville Prison" by Lt. James Madison Page, 6th MI Cav. Co.A.

Quote From Sherman About Union Atrocities Committed Against Civilians

Sherman himself admitted after the war that he was taught at West Point that he could be hanged for the things he did. But in war the victors always write the history and are never punished for war crimes, no matter how heinous. Only the defeated suffer that fate. That is why very few Americans are aware of the fact that the unspeakable atrocities of war committed against civilians, from the firebombing of Dresden, the rape of Nanking, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to the World Trade Center bombings, had their origins in Lincoln’s war. This is yet another reason why Americans will continue their fascination with the War for Southern Independence. Thomas J. DiLorenzo is professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War.

Extermination of Southerners

In 1862 Sherman wrote his wife that his purpose in the war would be "extermination, not of soldiers alone, that is the least of the trouble, but the people" of the South. His loving and gentle wife wrote back that her wish was for "a war of extermination and that all [Southerners] would be driven like swine into the sea. May we carry fire and sword into their states till not one habitation is left standing."

Sherman Tactics Similar to Nazi’s in France

Sherman was not above randomly executing innocent civilians as part of his (and Lincoln’s) terror campaign. In October of 1864 he ordered a subordinate, General Louis Watkins, to go to Fairmount, Georgia, "burn ten or twelve houses" and "kill a few at random," and "let them know that it will be repeated every time a train is fired upon."

Excellent Web Site for True HistoryRecommended Reading

http://www.plpow.com/

Recommended Reading:

Nathan Bedford Forrest - In Search of an Enigma.

A year in the South – 1865

A Confederate Soldier

The Confederate Soldier_____________By L. J. WILSON,SURGEON CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.

Respectfully dedicated to the sons and daughters of the U. C. V. 1902.

A careful study of the history of our country from the formation of the Federal Government in 1789,to 1860, shows beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the right of a Sovereign State to secede from the National Compact had never been doubted or gainsaid, and I desire in this last chapter, to impress upon the rising generation, the sons and daughters of Confederate veterans, the importance of studying carefully the "Causes of the Civil War," the importance of having your children study histories of our country, that give those causes fairly, honestly, truthfully, that they may be able to defend the actions of their fathers.Every United Confederate Veteran has heard the charge:"You fought your Government four long years for the negro."I want our children to know how to put their foot down intelligently and truthfully upon that great big falsehood. It is a lie, black and foul, and I want you to be able, at all times and anywhere, to give an intelligent reason, a correct historical reason for the faith that is within you. The other side fought for the negro. Had the Southern States a constitutional right to secede, and were they justifiable in doing so? I will give you a brief summary of facts, as contained in the history of the United States, prepared for our common schools by our Chaplain-General. Mr. Jones says, page 233:

Potential Speaker for MeetingsGeorgiaName:William J. Hagin Home City:Richmond Hill, GA E-mail:moonrib@yahoo.com Phone No.:912-756-4449

Description:Clad in Confederate uniform, William gives a rousing Pt. Lookout program that will capture your attention as you learn not only the treatment of Pt. Lookout's prisoners, the condition of its camp, it's water & non food supply, but will also present a history on Southern Vs northern camps as far as deaths and percentages... complete with show-n-tell! William has been vigorously working on our "Missing Names Project" ...the federalgovernment only gave us a list of 3384 names of those who perished while imprisoned at Pt. Lookout, yet prisoners' diariesproclaim that as many as 14,000 died there...and William has found many of their names! Hear his story of this enormous tedious search.