Felix Parham Fowler was born August 30, 1829, a son of Susannah Moseley and Womack Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler.

In the mid 1850’s, Felix Fowler married his cousin Edith “Edy” Fowler (b. 1841), daughter of William Fowler and Rhoda Moseley.

Felix and Edy had two sons and a daughter before he marched off to fight with the Confederate Army:

• Rhoda Fowler (1856–)
• William A Fowler (1859–1900)
• Rufus Fowler (1861–)

Thirty-two year old Felix Fowler enlisted in the South Carolina 18th Infantry Company B on December 17, 1861 in Unionville.

Felix Fowler was listed as “absent sick” at Camp Hampton in January/February 1862.

In October, 1862, Felix Fowler — suffering from “debilitas” (weakness) — was in the General Hospital at Camp Winder near Richmond, Virginia. This was a large hospital on 125 acres with nearly 5000 beds. Perhaps it is fortunate that Felix Fowler was furloughed for 30 days on October 27, 1862 as the hospital had a reputation of having unsanitary conditions and mistreatment of patients.

In between his time spent in the army hospitals, Felix Fowler was an active and always present soldier. There is a record that is hard to transcribe from November/December 1863, but it appears that he may have been a “boat hand” in his company.

Felix Fowler was again in a CSA hospital, this time in Farmville, Virginia. He was admitted March 29, 1865. His ailment was Diarrhea.

On April 8, 1865, Felix Fowler was admitted to the General Hospital in Danville, Virginia.

The number of soldiers who died in the Civil War totals almost 750,000. Seven hundred and fifty thousand.

One third of them died in battle. Two thirds died of disease. Diarrhea and dysentery were the most common diseases that killed these men.

The following record showing the “April 3, 1865 capture of F. Fowler turned over to provost marshal on April 14, 1865, and then failed to locate him” may be that of Felix Fowler:

It is almost certain that Felix Fowler died in that hospital in Danville, Virginia. I can find no other records for him after being admitted.

There were no more children born to Felix Fowler and his wife Edy Fowler after 1861. There were no more census records to be found after 1860. Until more evidence surfaces, I have to believe that he may lie in a graveyard in Virginia, forgotten and far away from family.