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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07316 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War |
| Title | 1st Lieutenant James J. Lowell on crutches |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Oval photograph of Lowell, a 1st Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers. Shown in full-length in dress coat on crutches. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Injury or Wound |
| People | Lowell, James J. (1837-1862) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Lowell was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in July 1861. He was shot in the thigh at the battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861, possibly why he required the crutches seen in this photograph. He received a mortal wound at the Battle of Glendale on 30 June 1862 and died at Nelson's Farm, Virginia on 4 July 1862. A full biography of Lowell is available in Harvard Memorial Biographies, vol. 1, published in 1866. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 20th Massachusetts Volunteers |