Description
Raised in Iowa, Fowler enlisted in the Confederate forces in February of 1862 at the age of 19. He was a member of the 2nd
Missouri Volunteer Regiment of Infantry which crisscrossed the South, seeing action in every major battle of that area for
the next three years. He survived the war, returning to Missouri where at some time he ran for the office of County Clerk
of Knox County.
Background
In the Civil War, Missouri was a critical border state, containing numbers of Northern and Southern sympathizers. Before the
outbreak of war, popular Sterling Price, an ex-governor of Missouri and staunchly on the Southern side, had formed the Missouri
Home Guard MHG) that was predominantly pro-Southern. With the War declared, "Pappy" Price quickly engineered the formation
of the 2~' Missouri Volunteer Regiment of Infantry, the nucleus of which was the MHG, and brought it formally under the Confederate
banner. The regional stronghold of Confederate forces was in the southwest corner of Missouri, with Springfield the location
of the Confederate Command.
Extent
1 linear ft. (1 manuscript box and 1 print box)
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