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Re: POWs at Citronelle
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See George Martin's thread above. All these "surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama" records for May 1865 are confusing. The bulk of Taylor's Confederate troops were scattered along the railroads from about Buckatunna to Meridian and towards Central West Alabama. We know that the Federals stopped at Citronelle and did not go much further than that, until later in the year. The surrender and parole process for Taylor's army was carried out by the Confederates themselves with some Federal oversight, in most cases not. While Taylor was surrendering his army (actually at Kushla, Alabama 20 miles South of Citronelle) his escort and staff were at Citronelle waiting on a train. A Union cavarly unit, ordered to go north of Mobile and swing west to cut off any retreating Confederates crossed the Mobile and Ohio railroad north of Citronelle and attacked that place from that direction, capturing the train. The Union forces were ordered to release the train and had to apologize for their actions since the Confederates were under a flag of truce. These were the only Confederates in the town in early May 1865. So all these records that say "surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama" means their commanding officer who surrendered them was at Citronelle, not the individual soldier.

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David Upton

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