Over the years I've asked this question a couple of times and have yet to find anyone with the answer. When surrendered Confederates agreed to take the Oath of Allegiance and "remain north of the Ohio river" for the duration, where did they go? and what did they do? I've recently found one such man that married into a distantly related Confederate family in East Tennessee. They apparently were housed somewhere and how did they live? Could they have been employed by the Federal Government raising cattle and crops for the Army?
JESSE R. SCALF: Enlisted in Company C 60th TN Nov.7, 1862, at Haynesville, (Johnson City), Tennessee. He was 30 years old. On the muster roll for May 1, 1863-April 30, 1864, he is shown as "deserted". Jesse served with the 60th through the siege of Vicksburg and was paroled back to East Tennessee. On Oct.12, 1864, he deserted at Blountville, Tennessee. Jesse took the Oath of Allegiance on Nov.14th and received a pass through Union lines to Indiana where I suspect he remained for the duration, possibly employed in some compacity by the Federal Army (or Government).