Robert B. Harlow
Birth: Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Death: Norfolk, Virginia, January 30, 1865
Robert B. Harlow, son of Phebe (Smith) Harlow and the late, Andrew Jackson
Harlow of Auburn, passed away at the Military Hospital in Norfolk Virginia, on
January 30, 1865.
Robert joined the Union Navy in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1863. He was a
2nd Class Fireman, serving on the USS Montgomery, in the assault on Fort Fisher,
in North Carolina. During the second attack on the Fort, on January 15, 1865,
Robert was injured by a gunshot wound to his right leg. A few days later, on
January 30, he succumbed to infection and died at 11 P. M. at the hospital.
Because of Robert’s heroic efforts and other Civil War hero’s that perished in
this attack, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, built by the Confederacy fell to the
Union, and closed Wilmington. Fort Fisher was the last important southern port
for blockade running. With this port closed, the Confederate army was unable to
receive supplies, and the war concluded three months later.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Andrew J. Harlow, in 1860. His
mother Phoebe, and brother, Frank A. Harlow survive to mourn his loss.
Information compiled and obituary written by:
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His parents, Andrew J Harlow (1815-1860), Phebe Smith Stevens (1813-1888), need to be added to the listing.
Birth: Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Death: Norfolk, Virginia, January 30, 1865
Robert B. Harlow, son of Phebe (Smith) Harlow and the late, Andrew Jackson
Harlow of Auburn, passed away at the Military Hospital in Norfolk Virginia, on
January 30, 1865.
Robert joined the Union Navy in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1863. He was a
2nd Class Fireman, serving on the USS Montgomery, in the assault on Fort Fisher,
in North Carolina. During the second attack on the Fort, on January 15, 1865,
Robert was injured by a gunshot wound to his right leg. A few days later, on
January 30, he succumbed to infection and died at 11 P. M. at the hospital.
Because of Robert’s heroic efforts and other Civil War hero’s that perished in
this attack, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, built by the Confederacy fell to the
Union, and closed Wilmington. Fort Fisher was the last important southern port
for blockade running. With this port closed, the Confederate army was unable to
receive supplies, and the war concluded three months later.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Andrew J. Harlow, in 1860. His
mother Phoebe, and brother, Frank A. Harlow survive to mourn his loss.
Information compiled and obituary written by:
Calmly Searching # 4724054
His parents, Andrew J Harlow (1815-1860), Phebe Smith Stevens (1813-1888), need to be added to the listing.
Robert B. Harlow
Birth: Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Death: Norfolk, Virginia, January 30, 1865
Robert B. Harlow, son of Phebe (Smith) Harlow and the late, Andrew Jackson
Harlow of Auburn, passed away at the Military Hospital in Norfolk Virginia, on
January 30, 1865.
Robert joined the Union Navy in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1863. He was a
2nd Class Fireman, serving on the USS Montgomery, in the assault on Fort Fisher,
in North Carolina. During the second attack on the Fort, on January 15, 1865,
Robert was injured by a gunshot wound to his right leg. A few days later, on
January 30, he succumbed to infection and died at 11 P. M. at the hospital.
Because of Robert’s heroic efforts and other Civil War hero’s that perished in
this attack, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, built by the Confederacy fell to the
Union, and closed Wilmington. Fort Fisher was the last important southern port
for blockade running. With this port closed, the Confederate army was unable to
receive supplies, and the war concluded three months later.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Andrew J. Harlow, in 1860. His
mother Phoebe, and brother, Frank A. Harlow survive to mourn his loss.
Information compiled and obituary written by:
Calmly Searching # 4724054
His parents, Andrew J Harlow (1815-1860), Phebe Smith Stevens (1813-1888), need to be added to the listing.
Birth: Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Death: Norfolk, Virginia, January 30, 1865
Robert B. Harlow, son of Phebe (Smith) Harlow and the late, Andrew Jackson
Harlow of Auburn, passed away at the Military Hospital in Norfolk Virginia, on
January 30, 1865.
Robert joined the Union Navy in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1863. He was a
2nd Class Fireman, serving on the USS Montgomery, in the assault on Fort Fisher,
in North Carolina. During the second attack on the Fort, on January 15, 1865,
Robert was injured by a gunshot wound to his right leg. A few days later, on
January 30, he succumbed to infection and died at 11 P. M. at the hospital.
Because of Robert’s heroic efforts and other Civil War hero’s that perished in
this attack, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, built by the Confederacy fell to the
Union, and closed Wilmington. Fort Fisher was the last important southern port
for blockade running. With this port closed, the Confederate army was unable to
receive supplies, and the war concluded three months later.
Robert was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Andrew J. Harlow, in 1860. His
mother Phoebe, and brother, Frank A. Harlow survive to mourn his loss.
Information compiled and obituary written by:
Calmly Searching # 4724054
His parents, Andrew J Harlow (1815-1860), Phebe Smith Stevens (1813-1888), need to be added to the listing.
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