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    1. [CW-POW-L] CW-POW ROLL CALL: MEDLIN
    2. MEDLIN, Garrison Boswell, Pvt., Confederate, Co. D, 37th NC Infantry Regiment, age 23, fought at Fredericksburg, Petersburg, etc. Captured at Fredericksburg, VA, exchanged and then captured again at Petersburg in May 1864, imprisoned at Pt. Lookout, Fed. Prison, St. Mary's Co., MD, died of typhoid fever at a HOSPITAL prison camp on December 29, 1864. His two brothers, Milas W. (Co. H, 34th Regiment, NC troops) and Martin Fletcher Medlin (Co. I, 53rd NC Infantry) were also imprisoned there but were released to go home and live out the remainder of their lives. A third brother, William Monroe Medlin, b. 1831, entered Co. I, 53rd NC Regiment, died of wounds sustained in a battle at Spotsylvania Courthouse on 5/8/1864, on 5/18/1864 in a nearby hospital. Any further information would be appreciated. Anne Medlin Sendgikoski ANNEMEDLIN@aol.com

    12/29/1998 06:25:14