This was on the MDSTMARY-List: At 23:10 -0400 05/29/02, Linda Reno wrote: >I am sending along the following notification for those of you who may >be interested. > >June 8, 2002 >Honoring Pt. Lookout's POWs >Pt. Lookout State Park >10 am - 5 pm > >Spend the day in the park and learn more of Maryland's rich history. >The event is hosted by the Pt. Lookout POW Descendants Organization who >boast a membership of 1045 from 41 states and abroad. People from >across the U.S. as well as many local >Marylanders will gather to pay tribute to those who were imprisoned and >those who perished on Maryland's shores during the mid 1800s in her POW >Camp for Confederates. > >At 10 am, a Memorial Service will be held in the Pt. Lookout Cemetery. >Special Guest Speaker will be Fr. Alister Anderson. Period music, floral >and soil tributes. Following the ceremony, POW reenactors will present >a prison play each hour. The Ridge Lions Club will be grilling hot dogs >and hamburgers for lunch purchase. Many civic, heritage and historical >vendors, displays, encampments and a period wedding. > >Lots to see and do within the park including trails, camping, boating, >fishing and swimming. There is a $3.00 admission fee. Museum with POW >pictures and artifacts is handicap accessible. The living history >grounds does not have handicap parking. >There is a short distance to walk to the living history area. > >For more information please contact plpow@erols.com or check for updates >at http://PLPOW.tripod.com >=========================================================================== I went online and found two HOLTs listed as buried there: Name Company Regiment Holt, B.P., Sgt. H 42 Battn Va Cav Holt, Jacob I 8 N C The following is part of the Introduction on the website: >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 >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. Seems like someone owes us the >whereabouts of over 11,000 soldiers! If you have proof that your >ancestor died while incarcerated in Point Lookout and his name is >not on this list, please contact us at plpow@erols.com. > >The following pages are taken from the book entitled "Point Lookout >POW Camp for Confederates" by Edwin Beitzell. Please bear in mind, >this is a partial list of those who DIED there, not a list of the >approximate 52,000 who were imprisoned there. As of yet, to our >knowledge no such incarceration list exists. However, this >information can usually be discovered by obtaining your ancestor's >"muster sheets." On it will usually state the battles he was in, if >wounded, if/where captured, name of prison, date of release, oath of >allegiance, etc. -- Betty Faye (Double first name...ole Suth'n custom) Researching Paternal: HOLT, LINDSEY, CARSWELL, MATHIS, TURNER, TUCKER, RUTHERFORD; Maternal: CLOUD, CHILDRESS, HARMON, WHEELER; Also: PLUMMER