James W. Fowler, born in 1832, was a son of William Fowler and Rhoda Moseley. He married his cousin Caroline Hodge (1830-1912) a decade before the war began, and a child was born every two years until he heeded the call to battle. Desdamona Fowler (1854–1887) William Edward Fowler (1856–1894) James Monroe Fowler (1858–1931) Kansaby…

On December 18, 1861, Marcus Fowler enlisted in Captain J. Felix Walker’s Company E, 18th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers at the Davis Old Field in Union District.. From there he went to Camp Hampton and was mustered into service on December 28, 1861. This regiment later became Company F of the 18th Regiment South Carolina…

Israel S. Fowler was from the Isle of Wight Fowler family line.... a Fowler line that made its way from Virginia to Union County, South Carolina, yet paternally unrelated to the Henry Ellis Fowler line (also known as the Henrico Clan). I have volumes of research on the Israel Fowler line. These men and women…

Newton F. Fowler was born in 1846 to Henry Fowler, son of Stephen Fowler, son of Ephraim Fowler, son of Henry Ellis Fowler. Only seventeen or eighteen years old, Newton F. Fowler enlisted in Company F, 18th Regiment South Carolina Infantry on January 28, 1864 in Charleston, South Carolina. His brother John Fowler had enlisted…

Shelton Fowler was born circa 1818, a son of Stephen Fowler (1800-1866), son of Ephraim Fowler (1765-1822), son of Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808). Census records indicate that Shelton Fowler may have married twice: first to Mary (b. 1820) and second to Huldie (b. 1826). No children. Shelton Fowler enlisted in the Holcome Legion Company D…

Simeon Fowler was born in 1824, a son of William Fowler (1795-after 1850) and Rhoda Moseley (1798-after 1870). He married his cousin Jane Hodge (1826- after 1870) and they had two sons and a daughter: Samuel Fowler (1860–1892) Franklin Fowler (1861–1913) Elma Fowler (1866–1925) Simeon Fowler enlisted in the 5th Regiment of the South Carolina Infantry,…

In 1860, twenty-three year old Charles N. Fowler lived near thirty-four year old William G. Fowler in the Kelton/Pea Ridge part of Union County. Both men enlisted in Holcombe's Legion Company D Calvary at Camp Hampton on the same day --December 10, 1861. In spite of many years of researching, I have not been able…

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…

Rufus Marion Fowler died gallantly on May 5, 1864 after the Battle of the Wilderness in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. His was the death of a hero, far from home, far from family, fighting for a cause which would, itself, die on the last battlefield of the war between the states. Rufus Marion Fowler was one…

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…