Ebenezer Fowler, born about 1834, was the son of Lemuel Holter Fowler (1808–1865) and Permilly “Milly” Mitchell (1811–1880).

Ebenezer Fowler joined the South Carolina 18th Infantry Company B on March 21, 1862 in Charleston, SC.

On March 19, 1862 — two days before his enlistment in Charleston —Ebenezer put pen to paper in the event that he should not return home from war.

“I Ebenezer Fowler of the District and State aforesaid being of sound mind and being in the eve of going into the army in the service of my country do hereby declare this to be my last Will and Testament…”

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Ebenezer Fowler was reported present in his military company. On July 23, 1862, he was admitted to the Episcopal Church Hospital (Bruton Parish Church) in Williamsburg, Virginia with Typhoid Fever.

On October 28, 1862, authorities decided that Ebenezer Fowler was a “Malinger.” He was to be sent back to duty on November 20, 1862.

Absent without leave from April 30, 1864

The Battle of the Crater was waged on July 30, 1864 during the Siege of Petersburg. Confederate losses were great: 361 soldiers were killed, 727 soldiers were wounded, and 403 soldiers were either missing or captured.

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Ebenezer Fowler was one of the 403 missing or captured. He became a prisoner of war on July 30, 1864.

Military records support this fact. He was recorded being captured on that date. He was absent from his regiment as a prisoner of war from September 1864–February 1865.

There is conflicting documentation about his admission into Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on October 18, 1864. He was furloughed for 60 days beginning November 4, 1864.

Many online family trees have Ebenezer Fowler’s death on 26 January 1863 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, United States. I find no military records of this “fact” and I believe this to be incorrect.

I find no records of his discharge or death. Did Ebenezer Fowler die in the Jackson Hospital before his furlough? Did he go on furlough as planned on November 4 and arrived home? If so, did he die shortly after he made it home?

Ebenezer Fowler married Miriam Sharp (1835–1876) before the war and the following children were born:

• Knight Edward Nimrod “K.E.N.” Fowler (1857–1935)
• Julius Noah Fowler (1859–1945)
• Ida Fowler (1860– before 1870)

Deserted wife or widow, Miriam Sharp Fowler became the third wife of Aquilla G. Bentley (1814–1866). It was a short marriage. There were no children born to the couple before his death on October 7, 1866.

Miriam Sharp Fowler Bentley married Drury Dobbins Going (1815–1878) about 1870/71. They had a daughter and a son —Mary S E Going (1871–1931) and Jacob Aaron Going (1873–1963). Miriam died in 1876.