Events occurring in the interval when Samuel Cosmo Lowry returned home after being wounded at the Second Battle of Manassas, to the time of his reenlistment in the Confederate Army.
Samuel C. Lowry, after recovering from his wound, was discharged from the army on account of being under age. He was then sent to the Arsenal1, a military school in Columbia, S.C. which building is now used as the present Governor’s Mansion.
After being there about three months his youthful ardor and patriotism prompted him to attempt to organize a company of volunteers among the cadets. The Commandant hearing an intimation of this had the cadet corps drawn up in line on the campus and asked that all who were implicated in this movement make it known. Samuel C. Lowry stepped forward and declared himself the leader, asking his followers to step out from the ranks. Twenty six responded. All were dismissed from school.
Sam then went to Ebenezer, near Yorkville, S.C. and stayed at the home of his maternal grandfather, Edward Avery. With is followers he attempted to organize a cavalry company, but failing to secure the requisite number abandoned the idea and he and three of his companions joined Company F, 17th South Carolina Regiment, commanded by Colonel F.W. McMaster. Of the four who cast their lot in with this company only one ever returned.
Boys that left the Arsenal in September 1863
- S. Catawba LowryYorkville
- G.F.L.A. MasseyEbenizerville
- J. Young GoodlettGreenville
- R. Lide BurnsGreenville
- Waddy ThompsonGreenville
- Thomas S. HoughesGreenville
- G.M. SmithGreenwood, Abbeville District
- L.F. ConnorCokesbury
- J.M. MaysCokesbury
- A. McQueen SalleyOrangeburg
- Jacob S. FelderWillow Camp, Orange District
- C.W. McNorriesNewberry C.H.
- Julius A. CarlisleSantuck P.O. Union District
- Lewis C. ThompsonLiberty Hill, Kershaw
- Milledge GalphinAugusta, Georgia
- John D. HarrisonRidgeway, Fairfield
- Lawrence W.O. HearCharleston
- Robert W. VauxCharleston
- John BallCharleston
- P.G. StoneyCharleston
- J.E. EdwardsColumbia
- Subsequent to this left
- A.F. BrowningCharleston
- Joseph HugerCharleston
- Grange CoffinCharleston
- Williams LucasCharleston
1 Columbia Arsenal Military Academy - http://www.fortwiki.com/Columbia_Arsenal_Military_Academy