George, I have the surgeon records for Dr. Brown who was in charge of the Post Hospital at Camp Chase. He kept the records for April, May, and early June of 1862. Also there were 3 prisons at Camp Chase in May of 1862 and each one had their own hospital. At this particular time period only the most serious health issues were taken to the Post Hospital. You were correct in assuming that they died of disease. There was one case of small pox during the month of April and that man was taken to a pest house in Columbus, Ohio. His name was Private Enoch Warren. Although he has a tombstone inscription at the Camp Chase Cemetery I doubt that he was buried there or re-interred because of what he died of. Many of the Union Soldiers who died of small-pox were not re-interred until many years later because of the nature of death. The most common type of death at Camp Chase in April, May, June, and July of 1862 was either typhoid fever or pneumonia or a combination of both. Brotherlin & Halm's the contracted government undertakers (April 6, 1862 - August 2, 1864) did not bury any one with a contagious disease according to the reserach that I have done. Perhaps it was part of their contract agreement with the local government. Ohio paid them and the Federal government paid back Ohio. We also have to remember that Camp Chase was not a Federal Prison on paper until 1862 even though Federal troops occupied it. This was sort of a sore issue for Governor Tod. I have forgot the exact date in 62 when Camp Chase officially changed hands. Brotherlin & Halm's who had been in the furniture business in Columbus, Ohio prior to the War made coffin's for each of the dead they buried and put a wooden marker on the grave. Because Tolar was buried in grave # 20 at the Southeast Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio we can safely assume that he did not die of a contagious disease. I believe we can also rule out Toler being wounded as Company K did not put up a fight. I say this because no records of gun fire were ever recorded during their capture and this would include the advanced party of Union soldiers who captured them. I have also read but was unable to confirm it, that the majority of new recruits in which Toler was, would not receive any rifles until they reached their regiment in Virginia. The other option may have been that the weapons were kept in another area of the cars as they were well behind Confederate lines and they may not have had time to hand them out. Things just happened too quickly at Huntsville. The distance between train depot and the yard was only about 300 yards. As mentioned in another post Lieutenant Kidd did make his escape with about a dozen men from Company K and marched them to their regiment in Virginia. After his report to the Colonel of the 9th Louisiana Lt. Kidd ask to be dismissed from the Army. His request was granted and a notation was made about his daring escape from Huntsville with thanks from its Colonel. There were roughly a little shy of 100 soldiers with Company K at Huntsville. The Confederates who marched with Kidd from Huntsville, AL., were put in varouis companies of the 9th Louisiana. Also mentioned in a post 9 Confederates taken from Huntsville, Al., died at Nashville, Tennessee before being transferred to Louisville, KY. How many of those were with Company K if any is unknown at present. Since I have a copy of the roster, it is possible to find those Confederates who enlisted in other companies after arriving in Virginia and then subtract that number from the roster and since I know the soldiers from Company K who arrived at Camp Chase then do some math and I may be able to surmise those who may have died at Nashville. I have already checked and no graves at Nashville, Tennessee contain those of Company K however that is no surprise since they probably would have had wooden head boards if any and all records may have been lost. The average life of a wooden headboard depending upon the area was about 5 years. When I say life I mean being able to read it. There are a multitude of reasons, type of wood, how deeply they were craved into the wood, etc.