[1][2] At the outbreak of the war, Fowle joined Company H of the 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant.
[1][3] After the war, Fowle traveled abroad and then worked in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law.
[1][4][5] During President Grover Cleveland's first term, Fowle served as deputy collector of internal revenue in Alexandria.
Fowle moved to Staunton and was appointed first assistant under Ham Shepherd, the internal revenue collector for the western district of Virginia.
They had one daughter and four sons, Nela, W. Holmes, Willis Happer, A. Herbert and James H.[2][8][9] Fowle died on December 6, 1903, at his home, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.[1] He was buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria.