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THBLt. Colonel Douglas D. Fowler, 17th Connecticut Volunteers, KIA Gettysburg, CDV
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CDV of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas D. Fowler of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers in full standing pose, wearing uniform and sword, with kepi resting on banister beside him. Credited on verso to Partridge, Bridgeport, CT.
Douglas D. Fowler (1826-1863) enlisted in the Union Army at Norwalk, CT on April 24, 1861. Becoming a lieutenant colonel in May of 1863, Fowler rode into battle at Barlow's Knoll, Gettysburg, on his iconic white horse on July 1, 1863. Perhaps his regiment's defeat at Chancellorsville was still fresh in his memory as he boldly refused the insistence of line officers telling him to dismount and better protect himself from the advancing rebels. Fowler did not want to appear cowardly, therefore he decided to remain atop his horse, making a prominent target of himself. Allegedly after shouting a command, the 37-year-old Fowler was shot in the head by gunfire or canister. The shot took off the top of his head, causing his brains to splatter upon the adjutant beside him. The event horrified his soldiers at the scene and left Major Allen Brady in command. Though his bodily remains were never recovered, survivors from his regiment erected a flagpole on the spot where he died. Today, a monument to the regiment and a flagpole stand at Barlow's Knoll to memorialize the death of Fowler and the efforts of his men killed at Gettysburg.
CDV has some soiling and discoloration throughout, though most significant imperfections are kept to the margins of the image. One line of separation extends diagonally from the right edge of the image downward, though this does not affect the subject of the image. CDV mount has some wear to edges and corners as well.Condition
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