Houston was one of four sons of Samuel and Mary Johnston Lowrie. The family resided about 17 miles Northwest of Charlotte on The Beatties Ford Road. All four of the sons volunteered for service in the Confederate Army. Captain Patrick Lowrie died of yellow fever in Wilmington, NC, Houston died at Antietam, Lt. James Lowrie died at Gettysburg and only Sameul Lowrie survived the war, dying in Florida, 1892.

Lowrie enlisted at age 22 on May 16, 1861, and appointed Adjutant with the rank of 1st Lt. to rank from May 20, 1861. Wounded and captured at Seven Pines. Promoted to Captain in June 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD, September 17, 1862.

Captain Houston B. Lowrie of Company C, known as the Orange Grays, of the 6th North Carolina Infantry, was killed during Colonel Evander Law's charge through the Cornfield on the morning of September 17.

Houston was one of four sons of Samuel and Mary Johnston Lowrie. The family resided about 17 miles Northwest of Charlotte on The Beatties Ford Road. All four of the sons volunteered for service in the Confederate Army. Captain Patrick Lowrie died of yellow fever in Wilmington, NC, Houston died at Antietam, Lt. James Lowrie died at Gettysburg and only Sameul Lowrie survived the war, dying in Florida, 1892.

Lowrie enlisted at age 22 on May 16, 1861, and appointed Adjutant with the rank of 1st Lt. to rank from May 20, 1861. Wounded and captured at Seven Pines. Promoted to Captain in June 1862. Killed at Sharpsburg, MD, September 17, 1862.

Captain Houston B. Lowrie of Company C, known as the Orange Grays, of the 6th North Carolina Infantry, was killed during Colonel Evander Law's charge through the Cornfield on the morning of September 17.