Tag: Manchester Historical Society

Jacob Hilton Dow Jr. was born in Manchester in 1826. He worked as a furniture maker until enlisting in the Union Army in December of 1861. Seven months after reenlisting in 1864, he lost his leg at the Battle of the Crater in Virginia. When Dow returned to Manchester, he took up lobstering. In this photograph, he’s rowing his dory in Manchester Harbor. Beach Street is in the background. Jacob Dow passed away in Manchester in 1901, at the age of 75.

Thanks to: Carl R. Triebs, They Rallied ‘Round the Flag (Manchester Historical Society).