Parole Records

[Stryker65]

I've been trying to find the parole records for all of the Confederate armies that surrendered during the war; here are what I've found so far:

1. New Madrid and Island No. 10: Unknown
2. Vicksburg: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (do not currently have the records)
3. Port Hudson: Unknown
4. Army of Northern Virginia: Found on archive.org
5. Army of Tennessee (or Army of the West): Unknown
6. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (available, just PM me)
7. Department of the Trans-Mississippi (yes, I know)
a. M. Jeff Thompson's command: Found in his papers
b. Shreveport, Pine Bluff, Jacksonport: Unknown (there must be some records of the random soldiers who went there to be paroled)
(honestly it's a shame that the regiments disbanded and we can't find the parole records; I'm especially interested in the special camp at Shreveport)

Anybody know of other big surrenders and their documents, or can help with the Unknown?

 

[lupaglupa]

A great start for a thread - I hope others jump on to add what they know.

The National Park Service has a listing of those paroled at Vicksburg at their website:

Confederate Parole Records - Vicksburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I've been trying to find the parole records for all of the Confederate armies that surrendered during the war; here are what I've found so far:

1. New Madrid and Island No. 10: Unknown
2. Vicksburg: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (do not currently have the records)
3. Port Hudson: Unknown
4. Army of Northern Virginia: Found on archive.org
5. Army of Tennessee (or Army of the West): Unknown
6. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (available, just PM me)
7. Department of the Trans-Mississippi (yes, I know)
a. M. Jeff Thompson's command: Found in his papers
b. Shreveport, Pine Bluff, Jacksonport: Unknown (there must be some records of the random soldiers who went there to be paroled)
(honestly it's a shame that the regiments disbanded and we can't find the parole records; I'm especially interested in the special camp at Shreveport)

Anybody know of other big surrenders and their documents, or can help with the Unknown?

Parole record of W. S. Fisher, 10th & 11th Tennessee Cavalry

teva.contentdm.oclc.org

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I've been trying to find the parole records for all of the Confederate armies that surrendered during the war; here are what I've found so far:

1. New Madrid and Island No. 10: Unknown
2. Vicksburg: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (do not currently have the records)
3. Port Hudson: Unknown
4. Army of Northern Virginia: Found on archive.org
5. Army of Tennessee (or Army of the West): Unknown
6. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (available, just PM me)
7. Department of the Trans-Mississippi (yes, I know)
a. M. Jeff Thompson's command: Found in his papers
b. Shreveport, Pine Bluff, Jacksonport: Unknown (there must be some records of the random soldiers who went there to be paroled)
(honestly it's a shame that the regiments disbanded and we can't find the parole records; I'm especially interested in the special camp at Shreveport)

Anybody know of other big surrenders and their documents, or can help with the Unknown?

Confederate surrender and parole, Jacksonport and Wittsburg, Arkansas, May and June, 1865

Sorry, this is found at Family Search but can't be viewed online due to copyright restrictions.

 

[Stryker65]

Confederate surrender and parole, Jacksonport and Wittsburg, Arkansas, May and June, 1865

Sorry, this is found at Family Search but can't be viewed online due to copyright restrictions.

http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?md=read;id=6006

Someone found it, I think, but they only listed the officers.

 

[RedRover]

By November, 1865, the United States Army reported having processed the paroles of approximately 174,233 Confederates, nation wide, or about 2 percent of the Southern population of about 8.5 million.

There were also a reported 98,802 Confederate prisoners of war in US custody who were paroled at the conclusion, bringing the total parolees to 273,035.

Which would be just over 3 percent of the Southern population.

 

[Stryker65]

Forgot to mention...

Forts Henry and Donelson: Unknown

Anybody know about the forts' parole records?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Confederate Parole Records are hard to locate due to so many units simply disbanding and going home. Most of the East Tennessee Confederates of John Crawford Vaughn's Brigade disbanded at Christiansburg, Virginia upon news of Lee's surrender. Vaughn and a few others linked up with Jeff Davis and were with him when he surrendered in Georgia. Those who didn't formerly surrender and receive paroles in the field were ordered to report to Chattanooga or Nashville to officially surrender and take the oath.

 

[Stryker65]

Confederate Parole Records are hard to locate due to so many units simply disbanding and going home. Most of the East Tennessee Confederates of John Crawford Vaughn's Brigade disbanded at Christiansburg, Virginia upon news of Lee's surrender. Vaughn and a few others linked up with Jeff Davis and were with him when he surrendered in Georgia. Those who didn't formerly surrender and receive paroles in the field were ordered to report to Chattanooga or Nashville to officially surrender and take the oath.

Didn't know that...I thought they all went with Davis

 

[Stryker65]

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/719701?availability=Family History Library

Where do you think this could be located? Any digital copies?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Didn't know that...I thought they all went with Davis

In several Tennessee Confederate pension applications, East Tennessee veterans state the fact they disbanded and went home and never formally surrendered in the field with their unit. That was a requirement in Tennessee for a pension. If you didn't surrender in the field, you needed a good reason as to why not.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I've been trying to find the parole records for all of the Confederate armies that surrendered during the war; here are what I've found so far:

1. New Madrid and Island No. 10: Unknown
2. Vicksburg: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (do not currently have the records)
3. Port Hudson: Unknown
4. Army of Northern Virginia: Found on archive.org
5. Army of Tennessee (or Army of the West): Unknown
6. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana: Complete parole records located at an LDS-operated research center near me (available, just PM me)
7. Department of the Trans-Mississippi (yes, I know)
a. M. Jeff Thompson's command: Found in his papers
b. Shreveport, Pine Bluff, Jacksonport: Unknown (there must be some records of the random soldiers who went there to be paroled)
(honestly it's a shame that the regiments disbanded and we can't find the parole records; I'm especially interested in the special camp at Shreveport)

Anybody know of other big surrenders and their documents, or can help with the Unknown?

Media item: Civil War Parole | NCpedia

Following Johnston's April 1865 surrender to Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham, NC, each Confederate soldier and officer was issued a parole slip

ncpedia.org

 

[Stryker65]

Media item: Civil War Parole | NCpedia

Following Johnston's April 1865 surrender to Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham, NC, each Confederate soldier and officer was issued a parole slip

ncpedia.org

Can't read the name, but it's someone from the Salisbury garrison.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Can't read the name, but it's someone from the Salisbury garrison.

I believe this is him. He was captured at Spotsylvania Court House. I believe there was also a Confederate hospital at Salisbury. He may have been sent there sick or wounded after being exchanged.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/95871737

 

[Stryker65]

Oh right...the hospitals...

carolana.com lists a ton of NC officers who were at Salisbury or Charlotte Hospitals:
- Col. William S. Devane, 61st NC (Salisbury Hospital)
- Col. John A. Gilmer, 27th NC (Salisbury Prison)
- Col. John J. Hedrick, 40th NC (Charlotte Hospital)
- Col. John R. Lane, 26th NC (Salisbury Hospital)
- Col. Hector McKethan, 51st NC (Unknown Hospital)
- Lt. Col. Samuel M. Tate, 6th NC (Salisbury Hospital)

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

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Rock Island was one of the largest and most notorious Union prison camps during the Civil War. The prison was opened in November 1863. The first groups of prisoners arrived at the prison on December 3, 1863. There were 5,592 prisoners in all. They were from Camp Douglas and a captured...

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Honoring East Tennessee kinfolk on Vicksburg Surrender Day. Henry Carter Blakely: (Paternal 2 x great-granduncle). Probably the youngest (born 1835) of at least six children born to James & Rebecca Arants Blakely. Henry's oldest brother, William, and William's oldest son, James were Union...

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[Stryker65]

Confederate Parole Records are hard to locate due to so many units simply disbanding and going home.

That's the main problem with the Trans-Mississippi. Somewhere, there exists their paper strength, but we don't know the surrender numbers of Walker's Greyhounds, Polignac's old division, or any of the infantry, for that matter. I'd love to get my hands on the individual paroles from Shreveport or something; that'd be really cool.

 

[Stryker65]

Somebody on history-sites.com named Alan J Pitts had access to the microfilm of the Bennett House records, I'm not sure who or where he is now, though.

 

[Biscoitos]

Somebody on history-sites.com named Alan J Pitts had access to the microfilm of the Bennett House records, I'm not sure who or where he is now, though.

He was quite active posting on the CW Message Board.
But he moved out west, Arizona maybe, several years ago.
He apparently quit posting when he moved.
I don't have any more info, sorry 'bout that.

 

[Biscoitos]

I googled his name and Arizona, and one of those pay for phone number and address sites found an Alan J. Pitts that I suspect is him.
So if you want to invest a few dollars you might want to check that out.
I am not 100% its Arizona, but I think it is.