Flewellen attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia after his years at R-MC, and was practicing medicine in Thomaston, GA when he enlisted as a surgeon on May 17, 1861 and was commissioned into the Field and Staff of the 5th Georgia Infantry at the rank of major. On June 28, 1862 he was detailed as Assistant Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee, and in January 1863 became Medical Director. On May 29, 1863 Flewellen was assigned as Medical Director on the staff of General Bragg. He resigned in November 1863 due to ill health, but was not released from duty until February 1864. He was detailed on August 8, 1864 as Inspector of Hospitals for the Army of Tennessee. At one point, he was sent to the notorious prison camp at Andersonville, Ga, as prison surgeon to conduct an inspection, and his findings were used in the trial against Andersonville's commandant, Henry Wirz, who was sentenced to death. Dr. Flewellen was paroled in Macon, GA on May 18, 1865.
After the war, he returned to Thomaston, Ga, where he held several public offices and served in the state government. He died December 9, 1910 and is buried in Thomaston's Glenwood Cemetery.
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