Joseph Barlow

First Name: Joseph
Last Name: Barlow
Unit: 
Co. A, 8th Massachusetts Infantry; Co. I, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry
Rank: 
private; sergeant
Residence (County): 
Essex County, MA
Biography: 

Joseph Barlow (b. ca. 1834) was an Essex County, Massachusetts shoemaker. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, he and his wife, Ellen (b. ca. 1835), were living in Newburyport in the household of George Bellows, a ship carpenter. The Barlows were parents of two small daughters, Nellie and Elisabeth. Joseph Barlow first served in Co. A, 8th Massachusetts Infantry, a three-month regiment. He later served in Co. I, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry and rose to the rank of sergeant.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
13155 Barlow78 April 29, 1865 Joseph Barlow Ellen Barlow Kinston, NC Newburyport, Essex County, MA
13157 Barlow80 June 18, 1865 Joseph Barlow Ellen Barlow New Bern, NC Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
13071 Barlow7 June 6, 1861 Reuben Dade Joseph Barlow Newburyport, Essex County, MA
13078 Barlow12 June 27, 1861 Frank Hopkinson Joseph Barlow Newburyport, Essex County, MA MD
13082 Barlow14 July 11, 1861 Emeline Barlow Joseph Barlow Newburyport, Essex County, MA Baltimore, MD
13090 Barlow21 January 3, 1862 Joseph Barlow Joseph Barlow Annapolis, MD Newburyport, Essex County, MA
13118 Barlow47 August 17, 1862 Joseph Barlow Joseph Barlow New Bern, NC Newburyport, Essex County, MA
13141 Barlow65 July 30, 1863 Joseph Barlow Joseph Barlow New Bern, NC Newburyport, Essex County, MA

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