Hi List, I wanted to share a big Union goof-up with you that I have recently run into. I was contacted by a very nice lady who's ancestor died at Point Lookout, Maryland. It seems his name is missing on the list of POW's who died there, and due to this, she is unable to join the Point Lookout POW Association. It seems her ancestor, Private Lemuel Moore died at Point Lookout of "dysentery acute," but somehow the Union soldiers got him mixed up with a Joseph L. Moore who was also a Private there. You ask, how could this mix-up happen? I'll give you the information and let you come to the same conclusion I did. I'll list the information I have below, so all of you can make up your own minds as to what happened. I have already written the Point Lookout Descendants Organization in hopes this error might be corrected. I'm also hoping a member of that organization might be on this list to help getting this corrected too, so that Private Lemuel Moore can receive the honor and respect! he deserves. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume VI Infantry Page 420 Company K, 18th Regiment N.C. Troops MOORE, JOSEPH L., Private Resided in Iredell County and enlisted at age 20, September 7, 1862, for the war. Present or accounted for until captured at Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Records of the Federal Provost Marshal indicate that he died at Point Lookout on July 20, 1864, and that he was released at Point Lookout on June 21, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume III Infantry Page 227 Company K, 28th Regiment N.C. Troops MOORE, LEMUEL, Private Enlisted in Granville County on October 20, 1863, for the war. Captured at or near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on or about May 12, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Died at Point Lookout on July 20, 1864, of "dysentery acute." Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North Compiled in the Office of the Commissioner for marking graves of Confederate dead, War Department, 1912 NAME RANK CO REGIMENT DATE OF DEATH GRAVE LOCATION Moore, Joseph L. Pvt K 18 NC 7/20/1864 Confederate Cemetery In the list of Point Lookout POW's who died, Lemuel Moore is nowhere to be found. It's pretty easy to tell how this error was made. Both men were from North Carolina, both were POW's at Point Lookout, both were in a Company "K", but one being in the 18th Regiment and the other in the 28th Regiment. Another thing that could have caused confusion was that Joseph's middle initial was an "L". Seeing that the Federal Provost Marshal wasn't exactly sure if Joseph L. Moore died on July 20, 1864 or released after taking the Oath of Allegiance is also something to think about. In fact, Lemuel Moore DID DIE on July 20, 1864. One note: the information from North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster was taken from company records, service records, pension files, old United Daughter's of the Confederacy records, etc. North Carolina actually kept the best records on her soldiers than any other state in the Confederacy. I would just like to see the honor given to Lemuel Moore that he deserves and that his descendants can know he is rightfully remembered and documented as a POW who died at Point Lookout. Edward Harding Sons of Confederate Veterans NC Division Genealogist