Charles Winthrop Lowell (November 20, 1834 - October 3, 1877) was a lawyer, commanding officer of a "colored" unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War, state legislator and postmaster in New Orleans, Louisiana.
[2] In 1859 he graduated from Bowdoin College before going on to study law with the father of his future wife Hon.
[2] February 1863 he was appointed by Governor Abner Coburn to serve as a captain of the United States Colored Troops, and continued to serve after the war ended.
[4][2] He settled in New Orleans after the war, and was first a colonel and then was appointed to the position of provost marshal general.
[8] In May 1877 he left New Orleans to return to New England where he was expected to die as he had been in bad health for two years and had been declining recently.