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
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