The following was contributed by M. Dwight Hurst, a grand descendant of Daniel Falvey:

At the time of Daniel Falvey's enlistment in the Confederate Army,  he lived in Leake County, Mississippi.  In his Confederate records, it is noted that:

His complexion was fair.  His hair was brown.  His eyes were blue.  He was 5 feet 9 inches in height.  He apparently was illiterate and signed via X.

He enlisted enlisted as a private, February 22, 1862.   He signed up for "3 years or war." He was also ill for a time.  Some of the logs list him as AWL.  It doesn't appear to have been that serious an offense as he did not appear to have suffered any difficulty as a result of being AWL.

During this service, he was taken a prisoner of war. He was captured at Morton, Mississippi on February 9, 1864.  He was hospitalized August 12, 1864 and released August 16, 1864.
 
 

It is also noted that while he was prisioner, his first child was born to his wife Sarah Elizabeth White.   The child died before he could return to home.
 

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