Many Confederate POW's signed the Oath of Allegiance under duress and returned home to re-enlist in the CS forces or partisan units. If they were ever captured or suspected of such activity while living behind enemy lines (at home), then they would be subject to summary execution. Nowadays, these men would be called freedom fighters. In their time, they were simply patriots or rebels. God bless them. p.s. The Maverick shows all suck.