Cards filed with Pratt, Merrill E.
Merrill E. Pratt, 1st Lieutenant, (New) Company K, 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, enrolled March 1, 1862, elected 1st Lieutenant March 8, captured at Port Hudson July 9, 1863, sent to New Orleans on Steamer "Suffolk" July 14, confined at Custom House, sent to Rampart St., New York September 20, 1863 on Steamer Clinton, sent to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, September 29, 1863, sent to Fortress Monroe, Va. for exchange, September 16, 1864, transferred to Military Prison, Camp Hamilton, Va. September 20, 1864, exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va., admitted General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Va., Chronic Diarrhoea September 21, furloughed September 25, granted leave November 28, 1864, his file contains a hard to read handwritten letter from his physician attesting to his weakened condition resulting from prison confinement, dated October 24, 1864 at Prattville
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama