This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADI/3006.4 Message Board Post: The fact that your g-grandfather was pardoned does not mean that he was captured. His unit may have surrendered after a battle or surrendered at Appomattox. Those who surrendered were pardoned after the war ended, my g-grandfather included.