For Freedom and HumanityThe Civil War Memorandum of Owen Thomas Wright, 14th Indiana Volunteers

Details: © 2020 by Brent A. Duncan, PhD

History would credit Owen for training the Lowery Gang in their guerrilla war against the southern militia. But, Owen's newly discovered recollections provide a new perspective on the Swamp War. (Harper's)

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Owen in Lowry War history

Owen is featured in the following books

In Swamp Outlaw: Henry Berry Lowery and his Civil War Gang, David Ball features Owen as an escaped Yankee prisoner who organizes the Lowry Gang.

L. M. Hauptman, Between two fires: American Indians in the Civil War, New York, NY: Free Press Paperbacks, 1995.

W. M. Evans, To Die Game: The story of the Lowry Band, Indian guerillas of reconstruction, New York, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995.

Brenda Chambers McKean. Blood and War at my Doorstep: North Carolina Civilians in the War between the States

Land of the Lowerys. New York Herald. (New York [N.Y.]), 08 March 1872. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Swamp outlaws, or, The North Carolina bandits: being a complete history of the modern Rob Roys and Robin Hood, New York, NY: Robert M. DeWitt, 1872. https://amzn.to/3hXpRWn
The Lowerie history. As acted in part by Henry Berry Lowerie, the Great North Carolina Bandit, Lumberton, NC: Lumbee Publishing Company, 1909. https://archive.org/details/lowriehistoryasa00norm
The life and times of Henry Berry Lowry, Pembroke, NC: The Lumbee Publishing Company, 1979.
https://archive.org/details/TheLifeAndTimesOfHenryBerryLowry
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