Many of the men who served in the Confederate Army wound up in Northern prison camps, such as Point Lookout, Maryland and Elmira, New York. There is a web site that has a database of these prisoners at: http://www2.netdoor.com/~52rcourt/elmiran.htm A search for "Cosby" turned up the following entry: ID: 3920 Last Name: Cosby First Name: D. Mid Name: A. Company Name: 11th NC Company: D State: North Carolina Prison: Point Lookout Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/