Sgt. John Crawford Bass, (CSA)

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41537264/john-crawford-bass

Company H, 23rd Infantry Regiment, S.C. Volunteers

"South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGB9-GZ2 : 12 December 2014), J C Bass, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Twenty-third Infantry (Hatch's Regiment, Coast Rangers) A-Cl, NARA microfilm publication M267 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records

It appears that John Crawford was taken prisoner, but somehow was later "absent without leave for only one day. Promoted to Sgt." War time is not normal times.