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Malcom E Flowers was born on April 5, 1848 in Lowndes County, Georgia, the son of Young Thomas Flowers (who served in the same unit during the war) and Mary Ann Lovett. In 1860 his family had moved to Berrien County, Georgia. When Malcom was 19 (summer of 1863) he traveled to Savannah and enlisted with Company H, 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Olmsteads).
The 1st contained both heavy artillery and infantry. The regiment served on the coast with a detachment at Savannah and another at Charleston until May, 1864. It then was assigned to General Mercer's Brigade and during the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1. It was then transferred to J.A. Smith's command and it continued the fight with Hood in Tennessee and on December 21, 1864, had only 52 men present for duty. Later it saw action at Bentonville and surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Hugh W. Mercer and Charles H. Olmstead, and Lieutenant Colonels Martin J. Ford and William S. Rockwell.
During his service Malcom was shot through his left leg, just above the knee, and was struck by bombshell fragments which lodged in his right hip. These injuries caused difficulty with walking for the rest of his life.
Malcom was in Goldsboro, North Carolina when the war ended and returned home to Berrien County, Georgia. On August 1st, 1866 he married the widow Elizabeth Kindard (maiden name McClelland) and her son Andrew Jackson Kinard, Jr. joined the household. He and Elizabeth had four known children: Martha (1869); Lucina (1871); William (1872); and John (1878). Elizabeth died about 1900 and in July of 1902 Malcom moved to Liberty County, Florida, living in Vilas. On February 9, 1911, he married Mary (Brown) Kever, the widow of Frank Kever. (She's buried in Bristol Cemetery as Mary Kever). Mary died on August 8, 1927 and Malcom died sometime before 1930. His burial location is unknown.
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