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A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
1841–1913
A Civil War veteran and local historian, he preserved the story of one New York volunteer company with the care of someone who had lived it. His writing keeps the daily reality of Union soldiers close, personal, and readable more than a century later.
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About the author
Best known for Company G, Albert Rowe Barlow wrote a detailed history of one company of the 157th New York Volunteers in the American Civil War. The book was published in 1899 and follows the unit from September 19, 1862, to July 10, 1865, including a roster of the company. Its tone suggests a writer deeply invested in saving the memories of ordinary soldiers and their families.
The surviving sources available here identify him as A. R. Barlow, or Albert Rowe Barlow, and give his life dates as 1841–1913. His work is closely tied to Canastota and its surroundings in New York, where he set out to preserve the record of volunteers from that community during the war.
While little else was clearly confirmed in the sources I reviewed, his legacy is easy to see: he left behind a firsthand-minded regimental history that serves both as a memorial and as a useful account for readers interested in the Civil War and the lives of the men who fought in it.