Literary excerpt from "Confederate Colonels" by Bruce S. Allardice, published by University of Missouri Press 2008, page 200 in part: "Lowther, Alexander Allen was born November 29, 1826 in Jones County, Georgia. Russell County, Alabama farmer. Private in the Mexican War. Married Mary C. *Schaaf. Captain, Company A, 15th Alabama, July 26, 1861. Major, January 25, 1862, appointed by Colonel Cantey. Resigned July 12, 1862 citing ill health and fatigue, but resignation later revoked. Colonel, promoted June 9, 1864, to rank from April 28, 1863. Wounded in action Cold Harbor and Fussell's Mill. Appomattox. Postwar farmer in Lee County, Alabama. Died September 4, 1889, Lee County. Buried Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia."
*Name spelled Shaaff on Mary's gravestone.
*Name spelled Shaaff on Mary's gravestone.
Literary excerpt from "Confederate Colonels" by Bruce S. Allardice, published by University of Missouri Press 2008, page 200 in part: "Lowther, Alexander Allen was born November 29, 1826 in Jones County, Georgia. Russell County, Alabama farmer. Private in the Mexican War. Married Mary C. *Schaaf. Captain, Company A, 15th Alabama, July 26, 1861. Major, January 25, 1862, appointed by Colonel Cantey. Resigned July 12, 1862 citing ill health and fatigue, but resignation later revoked. Colonel, promoted June 9, 1864, to rank from April 28, 1863. Wounded in action Cold Harbor and Fussell's Mill. Appomattox. Postwar farmer in Lee County, Alabama. Died September 4, 1889, Lee County. Buried Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia."
*Name spelled Shaaff on Mary's gravestone.
*Name spelled Shaaff on Mary's gravestone.
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