Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Civil War Enlisted Men's Quarters, Fort Marcy, Point Lookout, Maryland. Point Lookout is where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay. During the Civil War it was home to a Union Hospital, A prison for captured confederate soldiers, and a camp for freed slaves. The collective suffering there must have been horrendous. Somedays I can almost feel it in the air. This is where the enlisted men who guarded the confederate prison were housed. Over a hundred men lived in this room. Don't be fooled by what look like what we would think of as bunk beds along the walls. They are sleeping shelves. People slept three to a shelf. That makes nine to the unit. It must be that people were far less fastidious about their sleeping arrangements than we are today. I snore like a Newfoundland Hound. I would have beed real popular. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Enlisted_Barracks_001.jpg.html Comments and criticisms welcome! Barney