Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Howry i te 14 o Mei 1844 ki Oxford, Mississippi, he tama a James M. Howry rāua ko Narcissa (Bowen) Howry. I whiwhi ia i tana maatauranga tuatahi i Oxford ka tiimata tana ako i te Whare Waananga o Mississippi, engari i wehe ia i te kaareti ki te mahi i te Pakanga Taiao o Amerika. I uru a Howry ki te 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment o te ope taua o te United States Army hei tangata takitahi. I muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ia ki tetahi komihana, a ka eke ki te rangatira rangatira. Ko te wheako whawhai a Howry ko nga Pakanga o Chickamauga, Maunga Matakitaki
, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, me Franklin. I whara a Howry i te Pakanga o Franklin, ka noho ki te ope taua tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga. Whai muri i te pakanga, he mema roa a Howry o nga United Confederate Veterans. I mahi ia i roto i nga mahi rangatira maha, tae atu ki te rangatira o te ope taua o Northern Virginia tari me te taumata o te rangatira rangatira.