Lieutenant John Low, Confederate States Navy – A Southerner in a Rare English Frock Coat Born in Aberdeen on January 24, 1836, John Low was orphaned as an infant and raised by relatives in England. He moved to America in 1856, at the urging of his uncle, Andrew Low—an established Savannah–Liverpool merchant—where he became firmly rooted in nautical commerce. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Low handed in his Georgia Hussars uniform—having enlisted as a private in January 1861—and accepted a

USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations against Confederate fortifications guarding Mobile Bay with Rear Admiral David Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Tecumseh was temporarily assigned to the James River Flotilla in April 1864. The ship helped to plant obstacles in the river and engaged Confederate artillery batteries in June. Tecumseh was sunk on 5 August during the Battle o