You wrote: >>> On the National Archives record, the Register of Prisoners of War states that he surrendered at Citronelle, 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. <<<

It is not likely that he was confined.

The only Confederates present at Citronelle, Alabama on May 4, 1865 were General Taylor and his staff who traveled down on a rail push car. The bulk of the army units were at Meridian and Jackson, and others were scattered over Alabama, Mississippi and eastern Louisiana.

I examined Thaddeus C. GREEN’s CMSR posted at Footnote.com. There are only two record cards. The first is an extract from the Company C muster roll covering November & December 1864 which shows that he was absent sick at the end of the period. The second is an extract from a Federal Register of Prisoners of War which is not identified as to place and time but shows “Department of Alabama” in the printed text at the bottom. This summary record states that T. C. GREEN was covered by the surrender at Citronelle on 4 MAY 1865 and that he was paroled at Mobile on 30 MAY 1865. Beyond his age (21 years) and physical description, it states that he was a resident of Green[e] County, Mississippi. The Confederate record cited here also states that he enrolled 14 MAY 1862 in Greene County in Company E, 17th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry. This company became part of Miller’s Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry at the end of 1863, and was designated Company C, 9th Mississippi Cavalry on December 21, 1864.

My Mississippi Highway map shows that Greene County is due west of Citronelle with its eastern border being the state line. It would be a good guess that TCG was still absent sick and at home when the surrender agreement was made and that he voluntarily reported into the Federal Provost Marshal at Mobile to be accounted for and released on parole on 30 MAY 1865. Those being actually held in POW camps, and not delivered to Confederate authorities for exchange, were released only upon taking the Oath of Allegiance. TCG was released on parole, not upon taking the Oath.

Hugh Simmons
Fort Delaware Society
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