Regarding this quote from wikipedia: "On April 20 1861, two companies of Confederate volunteers left by steamboat for New Orleans, and five days later, three more companies departed for Nashville on the L & N Railroad."

I have been unable to find anything on the fate of these volunteers after leaving Kentucky. I'm specifically interested in the ones that went to Louisiana. I have an ancestor, John Christian Kuntz, that disappeared from the Louisville directory following this volunteer effort, and have seen a man by the name John Kuntz enlist in the 1st Special Battalion, company D of Louisiana's volunteer infantry shortly after the mentioned exodus. The specifics gleaned from Ancestry records(no original images):

Kuntz, John,Pvt. New Co. D, 1st Special Battn. (Wheat's) La. Volunteer Inf. En. June 9, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on Roll dated Aug. 31, 1861, Present or absent not stated on Roll to Oct. 31, 1861. Roll for Nov. and Dec., 1861, Present.

Kuntz, John,Corpl. Sergt. Co. C, 20th La. Inf. En. Dec. 21, 1861, Camp Lewis. Present on all Rolls to April, 1862, Promoted Sergt., March 1, 1862. Roll for May and June, 1862, Present. Rolls from Oct. 31, 1862, to Feb., 1863, Absent, sick at Chattanooga, since Aug.

22, 1862, order of Dr. Holt. Roll for March and April, 1863, Absent, sick, on furlough at Osyka, La., for 3 months, since April 7, last. Roll for July 1, to Oct. 31, 1863, Absent, without leave, since July 7, 1863, dropped.

Kuntz, John,– Co. G, 4th Regt. 2nd Brig. 1st Div. La. Mil. On Roll not dated, ordered into service of the State of Louisiana.

This man appears to leave the Confederate army in 1863, shortly after which my ancestor shows up again in Louisville. My ancestor is then arrested a few months later for "attempting to vote in violation of state law disenfranchising all those who have aided the rebellion," only to be released the next day with no further mention.

The circumstantial evidence seems to suggest my ancestor was the man who showed up in Louisiana to volunteer, especially when getting into the exact dates, but that's all it is: circumstantial. Does anyone know if there were records kept stating the age and/or place of origin of the soldiers that fought for the confederacy? How would I figure out whether or not the man who fought for Louisiana was or was not my ancestor? There were other John Kuntz's in Louisiana at the time, but none were of age to fight. I've tried to rule out it being anyone else, but like I said, I all I really have is conjecture.