| Contents |
Brief history of Point Lookout, Maryland -- Wartime sentiments in St. Mary's County -- Establishment of Hammond General Hospital and prisoner of war depot -- Life in the prison camp -- Attempt to free the prisoners at Point Lookout -- Diary and other accounts of prison life -- The prison camp as seen by the north -- Confederate dead at Point Lookout -- Responsibility for camp conditions. |
| Local note | Joyner NC Rare copy inscribed on front fly-leaf by the author to "Rosanna A. Blake ... December 5, 1972." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner NC Rare copy Purchased from Broadfoot Books, 2/2013 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Beitzell, Edwin Warfield, 1905- Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. [Abell, Md., 1972] |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 72085750 |
