In the various posts associated with this query we have established Alvin Cobb raided Fulton on Aug. 13 1862, and that a "Capt. Fowler" was involved in another raid on Fulton, Callaway County, that preceded Cobb's by a few days. That raid probably occurred August 10, 1862.

I believe this first raid involving Fowler is the same raid described in the memoir of a Confederate from Purcell Scouts I am working on. The Fowler raid likely occurred on Aug. 10, which would give the boys enough time to head over to Columbia and take over that community and break their comrades out of jail on August 12. The memoir provides a considerable amount of detail on both raids that has been heretofore unknown to contemporary Missouri Civil War historians.

I'm working on changing that. I don't think Fowler led the raid, and was just one of 16-20 Rebs who participated. I believe the raid was led by Lt. John Cole. But I'm trying to figure out who this Fowler is. I came up with one possible candidate--a "Clement Fowler, of Porter's band, captured in Marion County, Missouri, October 28th, died January 16th, of typhoid fever" (That from the 'Mississippi Blatter' (St. Louis German newspaper) January 18, 1863, cross published and translated in the Daily Missouri Republican, Jan. 19, 1863).

Now it was a squad from Purcell's Scouts which took the lead in the Fulton raid I am working on. Purcell Scouts technically were Company L, 1st NE Missouri Cavalry -- but this was during the immediate aftermath of Moore's Mill and Kirksville and massive pressure was on Confederate units across northeast Missouri. The personnel of the Purcell Scouts was extremely fluid at the time, with men popping in and out of the memoir as closely consorting with this squad and company but who end up listed on rosters of other companies today. I would note that the October 28 Clement Fowler capture timeframe was close proximity to a number of Purcell Scouts being captured or turning themselves in in the aftermath of being disbursed in a skirmish against the 10th Missouri State Militia Cavalry on Auxvasse Creek around October 16. The writer of the memoir said this pretty much marked the demise of the Purcell Scouts (deeper research tells us this wasn't 100 percent accurate).

I digress this is so interesting...so...I'm trying to lock down the ca. Aug. 10 Fulton raid and am looking for a FOWLER who maybe is somewhere in Porter's regiment, maybe in Purcell's company, maybe in Frost's company, maybe in Hulett's company, maybe on no particular roster.

This above-referenced possible candidate Clement Fowler who was captured in Marion County in October 1862 and died in Gratiot 10 weeks later ticks off several intriguing boxes, but doesn't tick off a definitive box. I'm pounding away on this angle, and if anybody has any bones to throw my way I'd appreciate it.