Thank you for the response. Lorenzo's story has passed down through the family and his grandson is still alive, age 86. He was born in New York, not Illinois, but lived in illinois and Indiana prior to moving to Mississippi and definitely enlisted in the Confederacy. They also know that he was a prisoner for some time. They thought he was held at Fort Howard in Wisconsin but that could not have been the case as Fort Howard closed in 52. Please see the attached link which shows him registered as a POW, about half way down on page on the left side. Do you know what the number means in the column next to his name and then in the next column there is a name, Job Taylor. Job Taylor was one of his brothers names, but I don't believe he was a confederate soldier. What are these names in this second column? Other POW's have Hon. ____, or even "President" listed in this column. Hope you can help. Thanks