Frank Fowler was born around 1837 in Connecticut. He married a woman named Adelaide sometime before 1860, and they lived in New London, Connecticut. Fowler worked on the railroad there, and he owned $200 of personal property in 1860. Fowler enlisted in the Union army on August 1, 1862, and mustered in as a 2^nd lieutenant in Company F of the 21^st Connecticut Infantry on September 5, 1862. He was promoted to 1^st lieutenant on June 7, 1864, and he was discharged for disability on October 31, 1864. Fowler returned to New London after leaving the army. He applied for a federal pension in February 1866 and secured one soon afterward. By 1870, he was working as a railroad conductor, and he owned $1,200 of personal property. He died in New London on February 13, 1875.

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