Actually, I live about an hour from Pt Lookout and hate to say it, but have never gone down there.  Its a nice state park with a campground, monument to the prisoners, etc.  I had quite a few ancesters imprisoned there.  The majority were O'dells from swVa.   Maybe this fall after my leg has healed good, i will go down there.  My daughter lives maybe 25 miles from there.   Hope all on the list are well and not letting the heat get to them.   Cheryl  CHERYL PETRO --- On Tue, 6/15/10, bhaney <bhaney@swva.net> wrote: From: bhaney <bhaney@swva.net> Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Point Lookout Prison To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 2:20 PM My great-great-great-uncle, Creed Hale, was imprisoned there. I have never visited there but possiblly one day I will.  I have visited Fort McHenry in Maryland where one of my ancestors was held as a prisoner of war before being sent to Elmira Prison in NY during the Civil War. Linda ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: vafloyd <VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com> Subject: [VAFLOYD] Point Lookout Prison Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:37:15 -0400 >While rooting around in some Civil War records, I >discovered that another of my husband's ancestors spent >time in the infamous "Point Lookout" prisoner of war camp >in MD. during the Civil War. > >We already knew that Alexander Maness, one of my mother in >law's several times great grandfathers, died there, but I >have now learned that Madison P. Fulcher, my husband's g-g >grandfather, was taken there in the later part of 1864 and >was a prisoner there at the end of the Civil War, released >in June of 1865.  He was one of the fortunate ones who >actually survived that difficult place! > >How many other folks on the list have ancestors that were >imprisoned at Point Lookout?  Has anyone ever visited >there?  I would like to get up there and tour the area one >of these days. > >MizzKat > To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message