Widows who remarried were not eligible for pension support, so that would be why.

Since prisoner-of-war exchanges took place at Vicksburg MS on Sept. 24, 1862, it's impossible for this soldier to have gotten to Tennessee before the month ended. Soldiers died during the trip down the Mississippi, but the service file should conatin that information.

There were two Tennessee regiments numbered 48th, so we'd have to see the actual record to know which one was meant. Here's a history of Voorhies' Regiment --

http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa48v.html

There's also a relatively new book about Camp Douglas titled, "To Die in Chicago" by George Levy.

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