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The state park preserves the site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp and the Point Lookout Light, which was built in 1830. [4] It is the southernmost spot on Maryland's western shore, the coastal region on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay.
4 dni temu · Point Lookout was the largest and one of the worst Union prisoner-of-war camps, established on August 1, 1863. It was located at the extreme tip of St. Mary's County, on the long, low, and barren peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay.
Preparations of the camp were completed by the end of June, and Hoffman ordered 2,000 POWs to be transferred from the prison camp in Point Lookout, Maryland. They were divided into groups of 400 and given rations for the two day sea voyage up to Jersey City, New Jersey .
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Below is a list of links to pages listing those who died at Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. It is only a list of 3,384 names that the Union officers left us as having died at Point Lookout. From prisoners' letter and diaries, we have learned that over 14,000 died while in this POW Camp.
The prison camp opened in 1863 and initially housed Confederate prisoners of war captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Point Lookout eventually grew to be the Union’s largest prison camp, hitting a peak population of 20,000 inmates in June of 1865 (Point Lookout State Park History).
27 paź 2008 · Point Lookout POW Camp (Camp Hoffman) was established after the Battle of Gettysburg to incarcerate Confederate prisoners. It was in operation from August 1863 through June 1865. Being only 5' above sea level, it was located on approx. 30 acres of leveled land.
