Good Morning Julie, and good Morning Gang; You got it right - became prisoner at Yorktown in Oct. 1781, kept on pisoner roll until May 1783 - 11- 5/1783 to be released from prisoner status in May 1783, not found anymore, reported as deserted 12 - 5/1783 Rest marched to New York to join their homewards-bound units. Those were listed as (returned to units) 5 - 5/1783. John ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie-Clark To: John Merz Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:53 AM I still am confused on something maybe you can clarify. Is 5/1783 listed in the monthly report for Johannes Fernau and many others the last date they mustered present or is it the date that they discovered he was not around and so he could have been missing since whenever they last did roll call? thanks for your help sincerely julie