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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOJ_point-lookout-prison-camp-a-war-memorial_Scotland-MD.html
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelo
To the memories of our past
Who are patient and who wait,
True and faithful to the last,
For Easter morning sky,
When wro…
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Camp Hoffman Prison
The Union prison at Camp Hoffman, Maryland — called Point Lookout — opened in 1863. A 15-foot-high plank fence surrounded the 40-acre prison compound. The first prisoners arrived in July 1863-Confederates captur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y9_death-at-point-lookout_Scotland-MD.html
It is hard to imagine this tranquil site as a place of sickness, suffering and death. Yet during the Civil War, five graveyards marked Point Lookout.
Why so many graves? In 1863, Union forces chose this isolated spot for a prisoner of war camp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y8_smallpox-epidemic_Scotland-MD.html
Near this location during the Civil War was the smallpox hospital where thousands of people were quarantined.
Highly contagious, horrible to behold and often fatal, smallpox was a dreaded disease. When the scourge hit the prison camp, official…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y6_point-lookout-prisoner-of-war-camp_Scotland-MD.html
After the battle of Gettysburg, the Union established a prisoner-of-war depot near here. Confederate soldiers and Maryland civilians were imprisoned and guarded by 400 Union troops, with only tents for protection. 3,384 prisoners died.State Roads …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y1_maryland-and-the-confederacy_Scotland-MD.html
The U.S. Government, located in Washington D.C. was surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. Since Virginia had already joined the Confederacy, it was critical in the survival of the Union that Maryland not be allowed to secede. The State was quickly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14XZ_the-bean-pot_Scotland-MD.html
On June 10, 1865 J.H. Thompson, former POW camp head surgeon, notified the public that Pt. Lookout had been "abandoned". This notice was published in the St. Mary's Gazette. The St. Mary's Beacon newspaper had been seized during the war by the U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14XA_point-lookout-prison_Scotland-MD.html
This memorial plaza is to honor the sacrifices of the 52,264 Confederate soldiers, sailors and civilians imprisoned near here during the War Between the States. Point Lookout prison camp was established immediately following the Battle of Gettysbu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6FE_point-lookout-prisoner-of-war-camp_Scotland-MD.html
After the Battle of Gettysburg, the Union established a prisoner-of-war depot near here. Confederate soldiers and Maryland civilians were imprisoned and guarded by 400 Union troops. With only tents for protection, 3,384 prisoners died.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM610_point-lookout-confederate-cemetery_Scotland-MD.html
Erected by the State of Maryland in memory of the Confederate Soldiers who died Prisoners of War at Point Lookout, from March 1st, 1864, to June 30th, 1865.
(north face) "At the call of Patriotism and duty they encountered the perils of the fie…