A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

Best known as the author of Company G., he wrote a record of the service of one company in the 157th New York Volunteers during the American Civil War. The book was published in Syracuse, New York, in 1899 and presents the unit's service from September 19, 1862, to July 10, 1865.

Because the work focuses closely on one company and includes its roster, it has lasting value both as military history and as a personal remembrance. The available catalog information confirms him as A. R. Barlow, expanded as Albert Rowe Barlow, but I could not confirm many additional biographical details from reliable sources retrieved here.

That relative scarcity of background can make his book even more interesting: what survives most clearly is the voice of someone determined to preserve the story of the soldiers he served with. For listeners interested in the Civil War, his work offers a grounded, human-scale view of military life rather than a distant overview.