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PVT Henry Flowers

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PVT Henry Flowers

Birth
Marion County, South Carolina, USA
Death
22 Sep 1864 (aged 31–32)
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA
Burial
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
CSA, 0, 479
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Henry Flowers served in Co. F, 4th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry (Rutledge's). Co. F was known as the E. M. Dragoons from Marion County, South Carolina.

The Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment was organized on December 16, 1862 and was commanded by Colonel B. Huger Rutledge. It served in the First Military District of South Carolina commanded by Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley, which was in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida under the command of General P. G. T. Beauregard. The Fourth South Carolina Cavalry served here from December 1862 until March 1864 when it was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia.

Henry Flowers was captured while Co. F was serving as a unit in the Army of Northern Virginia, which is why his headstone indicates Co. F, 4 VA Cav, CSA. He died of disease in Elmira Prison Camp, as did his brother Joel A. Flowers who served in the same company and regiment.

Henry Flowers is known to have left a wife, Sarah, and four daughters--Mary Ann, Sithney Jane, Catherine or Anna M., and Sarah Martha.

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Henry Flowers served in Co. F, 4th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry (Rutledge's). Co. F was known as the E. M. Dragoons from Marion County, South Carolina.

The Fourth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment was organized on December 16, 1862 and was commanded by Colonel B. Huger Rutledge. It served in the First Military District of South Carolina commanded by Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley, which was in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida under the command of General P. G. T. Beauregard. The Fourth South Carolina Cavalry served here from December 1862 until March 1864 when it was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia.

Henry Flowers was captured while Co. F was serving as a unit in the Army of Northern Virginia, which is why his headstone indicates Co. F, 4 VA Cav, CSA. He died of disease in Elmira Prison Camp, as did his brother Joel A. Flowers who served in the same company and regiment.

Henry Flowers is known to have left a wife, Sarah, and four daughters--Mary Ann, Sithney Jane, Catherine or Anna M., and Sarah Martha.

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CO. F
4 VA. CAV.
C. S. A.

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