I have been following with great interest the discussions regarding what constitutes A POW. My Great -uncle,
Thaddeus C. Green, was enlisted in the 9th MS Cavalry, Co. C - Miller's Regiment. On the National Archives record,
the Register of Prisoners of War states that he surrendered at Citroelle,AL on May 1, 1865, and was paroled on May 30, 1865, at Mobile. I would assume that he ,along with others, were confined at some point . However what is of the greatest interest to me is the following description of his physical appearance:
Height: 6 ft.; Hair - Dark; Eyes - Black; Complexion - Sandy. This item does not appear on the POW cards for either my gt. - grandfather 0r for my Gt-Gt-Grandfather, who served in the 3rd Battlion(Burgin's),Co,H,B.=he was captured and paroled at Vickburg. I guess that when there were very large numbers of men to process, that was no time to record every detail about the individuals . But the detail about Thaddeus adds a little more to our fammily history.