Creator: Confederate Records (RG 9).

Collection Summary: Parole certificates and rolls of paroled Confederate prisoners of war from May of 1865. The parole certificates were prepared for and signed by individual soldiers at Grenada, Jackson, and Meridian, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Alabama, while the rolls list name, rank, company, regiment and place of residence of prisoners of war surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, and paroled at Jackson, Mississippi.

Access Restrictions: None

Date(s): 1865

Volume: 1.25 Cubic Feet 

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024 

Related Materials: TBD

Record Group History:  Records related to the Confederate government that are associated with the state of Mississippi. Most of the records are related to Mississippi’s involvement in the Civil War and the state’s roll within the Confederate Army.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Parole Certificates: 1865

19614

Parole Rolls: (Oversized Materials) 1865

12056