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Adolph Lowe, Civil War Navy vet, reenlisted to fight in WWI
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:56 pm
Vintage American Badass
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Adolph L. Lowe was born in Nordhausen, Germany. Joined the Navy at the age of 20. Served through the Civil War. Was actived at the Battle of Port Royal and present at the bombardment of Charleston, SC. He was stationed on the Ottowa, the Seminole and the Wabash, which were among the first gunboats to be built by the US Navy. He was discharged at the end of the War due to injuries received.
He re-enlisted as a Carpenter's Mate (E5) during WWI. Adolph was sent to Virginia Beach with a machine gun battalion.
only one other person can claim to be a vet of those two wars
He was a member of the G.A.R., the Commodore of the Naval Veterans, a member of the Virginia Beach Masonic Order, No. 243, and of the American Legion at Lansdale.
Adolph spoke eight languages fluently, including Greek and Latin. He attended the Lutheran Church.
Lowe had previously attempted to reenlist in 1898 to fight in the Spanish-American War but was rejected because he had "bad teeth"
Adoplh died in 1922 at age 82
Pictured with his Grandson, Gaston Lowe
Back in Time article
Adolph L. Lowe was born in Nordhausen, Germany. Joined the Navy at the age of 20. Served through the Civil War. Was actived at the Battle of Port Royal and present at the bombardment of Charleston, SC. He was stationed on the Ottowa, the Seminole and the Wabash, which were among the first gunboats to be built by the US Navy. He was discharged at the end of the War due to injuries received.
He re-enlisted as a Carpenter's Mate (E5) during WWI. Adolph was sent to Virginia Beach with a machine gun battalion.
only one other person can claim to be a vet of those two wars
He was a member of the G.A.R., the Commodore of the Naval Veterans, a member of the Virginia Beach Masonic Order, No. 243, and of the American Legion at Lansdale.
Adolph spoke eight languages fluently, including Greek and Latin. He attended the Lutheran Church.
Lowe had previously attempted to reenlist in 1898 to fight in the Spanish-American War but was rejected because he had "bad teeth"
Adoplh died in 1922 at age 82
Pictured with his Grandson, Gaston Lowe
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 1:12 pm
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:57 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Gaston Lowe
I can tell by the de-badged uniform.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:58 pm to Tigeralum2008
I could have taken him
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:59 pm to Tigeralum2008
literal BAW.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:00 pm to Tigeralum2008
Historically high levels of savagery
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:01 pm to Tigeralum2008
Looks like a guy that would regale you with stories of women in grass skirts
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:03 pm to Dawgholio
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Looks like a guy that would regale you with stories of women in grass skirts
I am going to assume the square impression on his belly is a flask full of Jack Daniels
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:03 pm to LSUballs
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I can tell by the de-badged uniform.
The grandson was a WWI vet himself
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:16 pm to Tigeralum2008
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He was a member of the G.A.R
I have a group photo that includes great-grandfather during his G.A.R. days at a reunion in Gettysburg in the early 1900s. It is so cool.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:16 pm to Tigeralum2008
Adolph appears to have joined the Argentine Navy before the Civil War and liked to make grape juice after returning from the Great War.
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:27 pm to Tigeralum2008
Very cool - he sort of reminds of a real life Popeye.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:29 pm to McVick
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:32 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Adolph spoke eight languages fluently, including Greek and Latin.
What a frickin waste
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:32 pm to Tigeralum2008
You're my boy, Blue!!!!!!!
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:35 pm to Areddishfish
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Adolph spoke eight languages fluently, including Greek and Latin.
What a frickin waste
If he was Catholic, he would have needed to speak Latin in order to understand mass
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:37 pm to CptBengal
He fought for the bad guys in the civil war
Posted on 12/10/18 at 5:12 pm to Tigeralum2008
The write up says he was Lutheran
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:14 pm to Tigeralum2008
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previously attempted to reenlist in 1898 to fight in the Spanish-American War but was rejected because he had "bad teeth"
Everyone over 50 back in those days who still had teeth at all had bad ones.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 6:57 pm to Tigeralum2008
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