I'm researching my great grandfather and I have Civil War enlistment papers showing he joined Company A, 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment on February 14, 1863. It says he survived the war, and the history I've read says this unit was combined with other Arkansas regiments, making the Arkansas Consolidated Infantry. They apparently joined the Army of Tennessee in April of 1865 at the great surrender to Sherman in Greensboro, NC. Imagine my surprise as I have always been told that my ancestors were on the Union side of the war (many relatives who fought with the Union). I actually thought Company A 1st Arkansas Regiment was Union as the source for his papers say "Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1st Arkansas Union Infantry - Arkansas Research". What am I missing here?? Company A, 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment was Confederate was it not??

Anyway, my great grandfathers name was Henry Clay Martin from A Company. How can I find out if his name is one the paroled list from the surrender to Sherman in Greensboro, NC?