Hannibal Guards “Camp of Instruction” at Point Lookout
From 10:00 am to 4:00 pmThis park’s peaceful surroundings on a peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary’s County belie its history as the location of a camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. A museum on site recounts this vivid history. Event information to come.
Pt Lookout state Park, Scotland, MDThis park’s peaceful surroundings on a peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary’s County belie its history as the location of a camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. A museum on site recounts this vivid history.
Event information to come.