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URL: http://www.clements.umich.edu:80/Webguides/Schoff/NP/Point.htmlTitle: Point Lookout, Md., Prison Camp Records
Description: In the two years during which the camp was in operation, August, 1863, to June, 1865, Point Lookout overflowed with inmates, surpassing its intended capacity of 10,000 to a population numbering between 12,500 and 20,000. In all, over 50,000 men, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there.
Directory: Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Wars/Civil_War/Prisons
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