Soldier: Layman Dowell Fowler
Regiment: 3rd OVI
Company: I
Age: 30
Date Entering Service: September 4, 1862
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on February 14, 1863 at Gallitin, Tennessee, on a surgeon’s certificate of disability. According to one source, he fell ill after the battle of Stone River, and never recovered.
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky October 8, 1862
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee December 31, 1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Layman Fowler was born at Mt. Hope, Holmes County, Ohio on January 1, 1832. In 1850 he resided at Sandyville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He eventually moved west, showing up in Fresno, California in 1880, and then San Diego by 1910. He died at Los Angeles. He was a carpenter by trade.
Date of Death: August 16, 1910
Place of burial: Los Aneles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Adopted By: Morrow County Veterans Services
Researcher: Velda L Montgomery