Kat, my GGrandfather, Yewel Hodges, was there and GGrandmother's brother, Elkanah Moree. Both survived. Connie On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Evafloyd/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 >