Denny,

I am one of the California Moody re-enactors (I've been in the Battery out here since 1991) and am the unofficial historian - a title granted me because I am writing a book on the Battery. Paul in Louisiana and I have been exchanging tidbits for a while now.

The only info I have right now (more is coming soon) on Private Jonathan J. Camp is that he enlisted on May 2, 1862 in Monroe, Louisiana, which was noted as his place of residence. He was present on all muster rolls to February 1865. He was listed as being paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia on April 13, 1865.

After the collapse of the Howlett Line at Petersburg, Huger's (formerly Alexander's) Reserve Artillery Battalion, to which Moody's Battery, Madison Light Artillery belonged, began the long march to Appomattox with the rest of Lee's army.

On April 5, the Battalion split in two - one column was made up of the "less fit" guns, carriages, horses and men. It would take a separate, and safer, route to the various rendezvous’ planned for the army to resupply. The other column was made up of the better equipment, horses and men. It traveled with the bulk of Lee’s dwindling army.

The very next day, on April 6, Custer’s cavalry captured the “fit” column in it’s entirety at Farmville, Virginia (Sayler’s Creek). The “less fit” column was recalled to provide the artillery support for the main body. They surrendered with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.

Those captured at Farmville were not given parole until mid-to-late June while those who surrendered at Appomattox were given their paroles the same day, that is, April 9.

Jonathan Camp is not found among the 3 officers and 41 men of Moody’s Battery in the “Paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia, Surrendered at Appomattox” list, but his parole date of April 13 shows that he was also not among the “fit” column scooped up by Custer.

Since his record reads that he was paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia (25 miles west of Appomattox) on April 13, I surmise that he was in the Confederate Military Hospital at that location when Lee surrendered. He had either taken ill while on the march or was wounded in one of the numerous actions leading up to the surrender. I will know more in a week or so.

I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me directly at SteveBogdan@prodigy.net

Now I have a question for you: Where did you find the "Co. B" source that you have on your first post?

Steve