William Patton, Private, Company D, 9th Alabama Infantry, enlisted May 27, 1861 in Lauderdale County, Ala. for the war, captured at Gettysburg July 1/2, 1863, confined at Ft. McHenry, Md. July 5, 1863, received at Fort Delaware next day, recorded present at the Sep/Oct, 1863 muster, captured at North Anna May 3, 1864, released at Pt. Lookout, Md,, October 17, 1864 on joining the United States army service,** no further records

** War department clerks noted that his name could not be found in US records and must have enlisted under an assumed name

M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama

If a soldier was paroled from a Federal prison, he would have agreed not to take up arms until formally exchanged. If he was delivered to Confederate authorities, he would have been forwarded back to his unit to remain in exchange camp until exchanged, at which time he was free to take up arms again. If unfit for duty at the time of exchange he would have been admitted to a hospital, most likely in the Richmond/Petersburg area until discharged or on recovery, returned to his unit’s parole camp.