Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Howry a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1844 a Oxford, Mississippi, ɗan James M. Howry da Narcissa (Bowen) Howry. Ya karɓi karatunsa na farko a Oxford kuma ya fara karatu a Jami'ar Mississippi, amma ya bar kwalejin don yin aiki a Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka. Howry ya shiga rundunar sojojin Amurka ta 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment a matsayin mai zaman kansa. Daga baya ya sami kwamiti, kuma ya sami mukamin kyaftin. Kwarewar yaƙin Howry ya haɗa da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain
, Mishan Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, da kuma Franklin. Howry ya ji rauni a yakin Franklin, kuma ya kasance a cikin soja har zuwa karshen yakin. Bayan yakin, Howry ya kasance memba na dogon lokaci na Tsohon Sojan Tarayyar Tarayya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugabanni da dama, ciki har da kwamandan rundunar sojojin Arewacin Virginia tare da mukamin Laftanar Janar.