Chat
|
Daily Search
|
My GenForum
|
Community Standards
|
Terms of Service
|
|
|
He may have been deemed unfit for service by a medical condition or some other reason. That his record doesn't clarify isn't all that unusual, though it would normally have a reason for the discharge given. The roll dated 1-26-1864 notes, at the bottom, that he had been discharged in November of 1861 so he hadn't been with the regiment for over two years. His name, for whatever reason, had probably just remained on the official roll and showed up when they did the muster in 1864. Hence the clarification at the bottom.
As for being conscripted, that was pretty normal for the time. I note the record shows him absent beginning April 21, 1863 and I presume he returned shortly before his capture on July 2, 1863.
Since there is no record given for his transfer to a Federal prison, he probably slipped away from whatever Yankee camp he was in and went home.
It's possible that he escaped with someone else and that other person returned to the regiment and reported that Micajah had also escaped. If I were to guess, he probably just went home to make sure everything was still standing as Tennessee was almost all under northern control by then.
He, or his widow, may have filed for a Confederate pension based on the service. It may give a little more information. For Tennessee, I believe they started in 1891. The application, however, would be filed in whatever state he lived in regardless of the state that his regiment was from.
Hope this helps,
Scott
Notify Administrator about this message?
Followups:
|
| http://genforum.genealogy.com/civilwar/messages/25125.html | ||
 |
Link to GenForum Add Forum |
|