"Rounding up deserters" was indeed one of the activities of this command. Also involved in scouting and picketing, Company "A" served in northeast Florida between Tallahassee and the St. Johns River. In the late summer of 1864 company members camped in Wayne County GA, later participating in the defense of Savannah. When informed of the surrender of General Johnston's army in North Carolina, soldiers went to the nearest Federal military post to receive a parole. Your ancestor as not captured as you might suppose, but simply did as thousands of others Confederates did at the same time. Countless veterans carried parole documents dated May 10, 1865, Tallahasse FL.