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.
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.
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