Collection Highlight: Marylandia Update
Contributed by Jordan Wohlfort, Collection Development Librarian
October 2022
U.S. History
DBC 12466 – Hell Comes to Southern Maryland: The Story of the Point Lookout Prison and Hammond General Hospital, by Bradley M. Gottfried, narrated by Sabrina Dames
Called the “Andersonville of the North,” the Point Lookout Civil War Prisoner of War Camp for
Confederates was the largest facility in the North. This book takes a fresh look at all aspects of the prison, from its formation to its closing and lasting legacy. Loaded with first-person accounts of both Confederate prisoners and Union personnel, the book helps readers get a vivid picture of what it was like to be incarcerated in the camp.
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