Harlow was born to Harriet Greene and Louden Arnold Bates in 1842 in Hiram Portage, Ohio. By the time he was a teenager, the family lived in Polk, Iowa.
At age 19 Harlow joined the 1st Cavalry on June 13, 1861. When he mustered to active service in August of 1861 he was made 6th corporal. Harlow spent the next 4 years as a member of Company H. The 1st Iowa Cavalry had the honor of being the first volunteer calvary organization to be accepted by the Government.
Harlow did not see any of the major battles of the Civil War but he did serve with distinction through many minor battles and skirmishes throughout Missouri and also Arkansas and Louisiana. He and his comrades fought against such rebel bands as the one led by the James Brothers (Frank and Jesse), the infamous Quantrill, and in the later part of the war, General Forest.
Harlow finished the war as a Saddler, equivalent to a Sergeant, with the assignment of being in charge of all the tack and harnesses of the Company. During April 1865, Harlow was wounded and transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps.
On September 20, 1865 Harlow was discharge while staying at the Army Hospital in Davenport, Iowa. How and when he died is not known but it is thought that he died a short time after the war.
At age 19 Harlow joined the 1st Cavalry on June 13, 1861. When he mustered to active service in August of 1861 he was made 6th corporal. Harlow spent the next 4 years as a member of Company H. The 1st Iowa Cavalry had the honor of being the first volunteer calvary organization to be accepted by the Government.
Harlow did not see any of the major battles of the Civil War but he did serve with distinction through many minor battles and skirmishes throughout Missouri and also Arkansas and Louisiana. He and his comrades fought against such rebel bands as the one led by the James Brothers (Frank and Jesse), the infamous Quantrill, and in the later part of the war, General Forest.
Harlow finished the war as a Saddler, equivalent to a Sergeant, with the assignment of being in charge of all the tack and harnesses of the Company. During April 1865, Harlow was wounded and transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps.
On September 20, 1865 Harlow was discharge while staying at the Army Hospital in Davenport, Iowa. How and when he died is not known but it is thought that he died a short time after the war.
Harlow was born to Harriet Greene and Louden Arnold Bates in 1842 in Hiram Portage, Ohio. By the time he was a teenager, the family lived in Polk, Iowa.
At age 19 Harlow joined the 1st Cavalry on June 13, 1861. When he mustered to active service in August of 1861 he was made 6th corporal. Harlow spent the next 4 years as a member of Company H. The 1st Iowa Cavalry had the honor of being the first volunteer calvary organization to be accepted by the Government.
Harlow did not see any of the major battles of the Civil War but he did serve with distinction through many minor battles and skirmishes throughout Missouri and also Arkansas and Louisiana. He and his comrades fought against such rebel bands as the one led by the James Brothers (Frank and Jesse), the infamous Quantrill, and in the later part of the war, General Forest.
Harlow finished the war as a Saddler, equivalent to a Sergeant, with the assignment of being in charge of all the tack and harnesses of the Company. During April 1865, Harlow was wounded and transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps.
On September 20, 1865 Harlow was discharge while staying at the Army Hospital in Davenport, Iowa. How and when he died is not known but it is thought that he died a short time after the war.
At age 19 Harlow joined the 1st Cavalry on June 13, 1861. When he mustered to active service in August of 1861 he was made 6th corporal. Harlow spent the next 4 years as a member of Company H. The 1st Iowa Cavalry had the honor of being the first volunteer calvary organization to be accepted by the Government.
Harlow did not see any of the major battles of the Civil War but he did serve with distinction through many minor battles and skirmishes throughout Missouri and also Arkansas and Louisiana. He and his comrades fought against such rebel bands as the one led by the James Brothers (Frank and Jesse), the infamous Quantrill, and in the later part of the war, General Forest.
Harlow finished the war as a Saddler, equivalent to a Sergeant, with the assignment of being in charge of all the tack and harnesses of the Company. During April 1865, Harlow was wounded and transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps.
On September 20, 1865 Harlow was discharge while staying at the Army Hospital in Davenport, Iowa. How and when he died is not known but it is thought that he died a short time after the war.
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