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To:DAVID WHITE <ddwhite14040@verizon.net>, "Dupree, Nancy" <Nancy.Dupree@archives.alabama.gov>Cc:"Scott, Mary Jo" <MaryJo.Scott@archives.alabama.gov>, Bryce Suderow <streetstories@juno.com>
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David,

      The work of William Henry Fowler is covered in an article by our first Director, Thomas Owen, which appeared in the Transactions of the Alabama Historical
Society 1897-1898. pp 178-191. Fowler was Superintendent of Army Records from 1863-65. The records he compiled for the Army of Northern Virginia were included in his report which was printed in Owen’s article. It includes aggregate, killed, died of disease, died of wounds, resigned, retired, discharged, deserted, transferred, remainder on rolls, absent captured, absent otherwise and total present. The report does not include information on individual soldiers, but instead is a quantitative analysis. His report was made after the war and does not include the records of the Army of Tennessee which were sent away before Montgomery was occupied. Most of these were later returned.  Information on both armies later appeared in Willis Brewer’s Alabama: Her History Resources War Record and Public Men from 1540-1872.  In his regimental histories, the figures given by Brewer match those presented by earlier by Fowler for the ANV. From his estimates on the AOT it is clear that he either collaborated with Fowler or used information from him. In our collections, there are rolls for the 14th Alabama Infantry and the other AOT units but there is nothing described as Fowler’s Rolls. Finally, Fowler’s papers were place in the Adjutant  General’s Office where the 23 original reports and documents were labeled “Papers of Colonel W.H. Fowler.”  These papers we first arranged by state employee H.S. Ford in the 1890’s. These materials are present in our regimental history files, muster rolls  or Adjutant General’s record but are not grouped together. I am sure Nancy can  locate a copy of the article for you. Hope this helps.

Bob Bradley