Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Point Lookout, Md. view of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl. Depot for prisoners of war.

Barcode: 58126

Image Number: 58126.0001

Publishing Location: Point Lookout, Maryland

Brief Description: Point Lookout began with the construction of a lighthouse in 1830. In 1859 it was the site of a seaside resort. During the war the hotel (#22 on the view) and bungalows housed officers. In 1862 the U.S. government rented the land from the resort owner and on August 17, 1862 the Hammond General Hospital received its first patients. The Confederate prisoners were confined on the hospital grounds in wards in a circle around central buildings that resembled the spokes of a wheel. Living conditions were notorious as any other Civil War prisoner of war camp. Approximately 4,000 prisoners died at the camp. View includes a key of numbers 1 through 63 corresponding to numbers marked on the image which include the lighthouse, tent encampments, steam ships docked at the wharf and three flying the stars and stripes sailing under way.

Printmaker: E. Sachse & Co.

Publisher: Everett, George

Language: English

Region Depicted: Point Lookout, Maryland

Map Type: Bird's-eye viewsGeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 49 x 77 cm on sheet 55 x 78 cm

Printing Process: ChromolithographLithograph

Historical Context: Published by George Everett and lithographed by E. Sachse & Co. George Everett published the Hammond Gazette (#25 on the view) a weekly newspaper for the hospital patients at the Point Lookout prison. He had been assigned to several regiments until 1864 when he was assigned to the 38th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry stationed at Point Lookout. Edward Sachse was a German-American artist, lithographer and publisher. He lithographed military camps and hospitals during the Civil War.

LC Call Number: G3844.P72 1864 S2

OCLC: 1366494380

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58126.0001