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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5WS_point-lookout-confederate-cemetery_Scotland-MD.html
Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors who died at Point Lookout, Md., while prisoners of war and were there buried to the number of 3384, but whose remains were subsequently removed, either to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OS_fort-lincoln_Scotland-MD.html
Standing before you is Fort Lincoln, the main Union fortification on the peninsula. As a key defense stronghold, Fort Lincoln, also known as Fort #2, was cleverly designed to resist attack.
To defend against artillery fire or direct infantry as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NY_defense-strategies_Scotland-MD.html
Imagine defending this isolated peninsula during the Civil War. There were threats from within (from thousands of prisoners) and from without (by Confederate soldiers trying to free their comrades or gain territory). What's more, a pro-Southern po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NX_shipwreck_Scotland-MD.html
Centuries of storms, fogs, shoals, collisions, combat, poor judgement and bad luck have plagued local mariners. Gazing across Point Lookout's waters, we can only wonder how many of their wrecks litter the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5NW_a-bustling-civil-war-community_Scotland-MD.html
By the end of the Civil War in 1865, the military bases at Point Lookout had grown into a small city. Besides the hospitals and prison camp, you could find dockyards, saw mills and warehouses - even a railroad, a post office and newspaper.
Poin…