Thanks George, I believe you see what I'm trying to do insofar as trying to tie these two soldiers together. In your opinion was John Newton of the Tennessee Detailed Conscripts and John B. Newton of the North Carolina Conscripts the same soldier? It does appear that John M. Newton was a different soldier entirely.

"James Newton, Private, Company B, Detailed Conscripts, Local Defense and Special Service Troops, Nitre and Mining Bureau, Dist, 7, State of Tennessee, appears on an undated muster roll, 23 year old Farmer, resident of the 16th Civil District, Sullivan County, Tenn,, 5’ 10”, Dark complexion, Black hair, H eyes, Unit organized April 30, 1864 for the war

M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee

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James B. Newton, Private, Detailed Conscript, 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry, captured at Salisbury, North Carolina April 12, 1865, arrived Camp Chase, Ohio prison May 4, 1865, died in hospital of scurvy June 3, 1865, grave no. 2023

M270: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina"