On August 1, 1861, Simeon Fowler of Union County, South Carolina won the most important lottery of his life: a Surgeon at a Confederate Army Hospital signed a Certificate of Disability that led to his discharge from service in the Confederate Army and sent him home to his family.
His brother, James W. Fowler, was not so lucky. James was shot in battle and died in a hospital near Warrenton, Virginia. His wife Caroline and their children back home in South Carolina waited in vain for his return.
Two brothers. Two outcomes. Each man had his own journey, his own story.
Every man who enlisted in the Confederate Army followed his own path that could — and often did — lead to his death on a battlefield, or death by disease in a makeshift army hospital, or his capture and imprisonment by the enemy.
The lucky ones made it home alive. The unlucky ones came home in pine boxes, or were buried in an unfamiliar land far from loved ones and the homes they left behind.
I have decided to tell the stories of the Fowler men from Union County, South Carolina who were Confederate Soldiers. Right or wrong, they fought in the Civil War for a cause they believed in, and they deserve to be remembered.
I have arranged them in alphabetical order. Please click on a link to read the story of each soldier:
The Confederate Soldiers: Bryant Fowler (1824-1906)
The Confederate Soldiers: Charles Ellis Fowler (1828-1900)
The Confederate Soldiers: Charles N. Fowler (1837-1862)
The Confederate Soldiers: Ebenezer Fowler (1834-1864)
The Confederate Soldiers: Elias Fowler (1836-1908)
The Confederate Soldiers: Felix Parham Fowler (1829-1865)
The Confederate Soldiers: Godfrey Butler Fowler (1828-1906)
The Confederate Soldiers: GREENBERRY FOWLER (1837-1862)
The Confederate Soldiers: Israel S. Fowler (1844-1918)
The Confederate Soldiers: J.M. FOWLER (1829-after 1870)
The Confederate Soldiers: James W. Fowler (1832-1862)
The Confederate Soldiers: John Rube Fowler (1837-before 1912)
The Confederate Soldiers: John Tipton Fowler (1842-1922)
The Confederate Soldiers: LEONARD FOWLER (1831-1903)
The Confederate Soldiers: Marcus Fowler (1818-1898)
The Confederate Soldiers: MARION FOWLER (1847-before 1900)
The Confederate Soldiers: Newton F. Fowler (1846-1864)
The Confederate Soldiers: Shelton Fowler (1818-after 1880)
The Confederate Soldiers: Simeon Fowler (1824-after 1880)
The Confederate Soldiers: Thomas W. Fowler (1834-1861)
The Confederate Soldiers: WILLIAM E. FOWLER (1827-1862)
The Confederate Soldiers: William Earle Fowler (1832-1898)
The Confederate Soldiers: William Goode Fowler (1825-1899)
The Confederate Soldiers: WYMAC FOWLER (1836-1862)
Many more soldiers to be added in the next few days.
THE FOWLER FAMILIES OF UNION COUNTY, SC 
One of my 3X great grandfathers served as a Union Chaplin with the 13th Tenn. regiment. I would love to read any stories you come up on about the conflicts between the two sides within family units should it be appropriate within the story to include such details. I am, once again, in awe of your talents and skills…ty
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