SO I have a little bit of a conundrum, or at most inconsistent information.

My great grandfather John D. Wolfe lists in the records I can find in the Confederate 6th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Company I, Pvt - Enl 7 Jun 1861 at Little Rock, AR and that he was Captured 19th of September 1863 near Chattanooga, TN in the Battle of Chickamauga and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL. Discharged in September 1865. As per the record.

Then I have found records that he and his brother(David C. Wolfe) Joined the 4th Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers(Union) in the 25th of January in 1864 in Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, USA. This I have verified through pension records.

The question is how likely is it that he was released from Camp Douglas in that time period to switch sides and fight on the union's side? Or that he was even at Camp Douglas? And is this typical? I did find these notes:

Quote: By the winter of 1863, much of Izard County was overrun by lawless bands of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Late that year, Union colonel Robert Livingston,
commanding the First Nebraska Cavalry, was dispatched to Batesville (Independence County), having been commanded to bring some order to northern Arkansas. On January 19, Livingston dispatched a force of approximately forty-four troopers of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry Volunteers (US),
led by Captain Taylor Baxter, to seek out and engage the Missouri cavalry of Colonel Thomas Freeman, which was known to be operating in the region.
(Baxter was the brother of future governor Elisha Baxter.) The next day, Baxter’s force attacked Freeman’s forces camped in the Copper Valley near Lunenburg (Izard County).
After a brief fight, the Confederates were driven back but regrouped, expecting a second attack. When no attack came, the Confederates withdrew from the field.
Casualties were light, with one Union soldier killed, Anderson A. Williams. Three additional Union soldiers were wounded. The Confederates suffered four
wounded and two captured, according to official records. There is also some evidence that a Confederate soldier who was wounded, William Asa Hinkle, a native of Lunenburg,
died of his wounds the following day. The Confederates also suffered losses in the form of captured horses and equipment, which could not be replaced.
The Skirmish at Lunenburg seems to have had little effect on Col. Freeman, as his cavalry continued to remain active in the area.

Both him an his brother who lived in Independence County Arkansas. And listed that they enlisted a week after this action.

Any light would help.

Micheal Chapel
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