b. 06/12/1841 Carver, Massachusetts. d. 13/02/1931 Boston, Massachusetts.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 03/05/1863 Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Lowell M Maxham MOH
Lowell Mason Maxham was born on December 6, 1841, in Carver, Massachusetts. During the Civil War, he joined the Union Army at Taunton, Massachusetts and was a corporal in Company F, of the 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863, during VI Corps’ seizure of Marye’s Heights during the Chancellorsville Campaign. Maxham carried the regiment’s colors and despite severe wounds planted them in the rebels’ works.
He is one of eight recipients of the Medal of Honor to be a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. On August 24, 1896, he received his Medal of Honor alongside his two regimental comrades, James Holehouse and James H. Luther. He married Annette A. King of Raynham (1845-1899) on January 1, 1866.
After the war, he became an inventor, patenting designs for an automobile bumper and a third rail for trolley cars.
MOH CITATION:
Though severely wounded and in the face of a deadly fire from the enemy at short-range, he rushed bravely forward and was among the first to enter the enemy’s works on the crest of Marye’s Heights and helped to plant his regimental colors there.
BURIAL LOCATION: MAYFLOWER HILL CEMETERY, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
SECTION 14, LOT 32.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
