My gg grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Wimmer, was captured at Strasburg, Va. (probably at the Battle of Cedar Creek) on 19 Oct 1864 and taken to Point Lookout via Harper's Ferry. He survived and was released 14 May 1865. At 08:37 AM 6/15/2010, you 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 >------------------------------- >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