Name appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War of Co. E, 18 Regiment Miss. Cavalry, Confederate States Army, commanded by J. L. Knox, Captain, surrendered at Cirtonelle, Ala., by Lieut. Gen. R. Taylor, C. S. A., to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A., May 4, 1865, and paroled at Gainesville, Ala., May 12, 1865.
Roll dated Gainesville, Ala., May 12, 1865
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One becomes a POW upon surrender to opposing forces.
"Prisoner of War, A person taken by or surrendering to enemy forces during wartime." [The American Heritage Dictionary]