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Our Pt. Lookout POW Descendants Organization can
provide program speakers on Pt. Lookout's conditions and treatment
of its prisoners of war. Each person gives a different Point Lookout
presentation. This is done in an effort to raise donations for
Confederate Memorial Park. Our speakers do not charge to give you
a program; however, we ask that your group will make a donation
toward this fund raiser for their efforts. If your group
is unable to write a check, passing
the hat after
the presentation would be sufficient. Also, if one of our speakers
has to travel any great distance to your place of meeting, they
may ask to be compensated with a personal donation of gas money.
Thanks!
Choose a speaker by state, or browse through the
states below. More speakers may be forthcoming.
Alabama
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| Name: |
Stacy Coats |
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| Home City: |
Northport, AL |
| E-mail: |
chevy2nova68@hotmail.com |
| Phone No.: |
205-339-4010 |
| Description: |
Included in Mr. Coat's program is about Pvt.
Azariah Guin who was with the 26th AL Infantry. Pvt. Guin was
20 yrs. old and had been wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg
where he was captured. He was hospitalized in Pt. Lookout POW
Camp. You will be able to view a copy of the hospital's record! |
Arkansas
/ Eastern
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| Name: |
Harold Rounds |
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| Home City: |
Somerville, TN |
| E-mail: |
halrounds@earthlink.net |
| Phone No.: |
901-465-3558 |
| Description: |
Speaker Hal Rounds is the grandson of a lecturer,
himself! George C. Tanner was nineteen years old and in Cobb's
SC Cavalry. He spent 4 yrs. in service of the Confederacy and
would give lectures after the war about his escape from Pt.
Lookout and Ft. DE. Now you can hear this program from his
grandson!
In addition to this, Hal has drafted a booklet on why the South seceded
and he has copyrighted a T-shirt featuring the Rebel's Creed that he sells. |
Arizona
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| Name: |
Lynn Miller |
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| Home City: |
Overgaard, AZ |
| E-mail: |
egghill@aol.com |
| Phone No.: |
928-535-5226 |
| Description: |
Lynn's program is about the book he authored Fresh
Fish: A Civil War Prisoner's Story. This is a narrative
of Pvt. Isaac Moore Gregory of West Virginia, who was in
the 62nd VA Mtd. Inf. CSA and a POW of Pt. Lookout. |
Georgia
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| Name: |
William J. Hagin |
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| Home City: |
Richmond Hill, GA |
| E-mail: |
moonrib@yahoo.com |
| Phone No.: |
912-756-4449 |
| Description: |
Clad in Confederate uniform, William gives
a rousing Pt. Lookout program that will capture your attention
as you learn not only the treatment of Pt. Lookout's prisoners,
the condition of its camp, it's water & non food supply,
but will also present a history on Southern Vs northern camps
as far as deaths and percentages... complete with show-n-tell!
William has been vigorously working on our "Missing Names
Project" ...the federal government only gave us a list
of 3384 names of those who perished while imprisoned at Pt.
Lookout, yet prisoners' diaries proclaim that as many as
14,000 died there...and William has found many of their names!
Hear
his story of this enormous tedious search!
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Kansas
/ South East
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| Author: |
Donald W. Read |
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| Home City: |
Grove, OK |
| E-mail: |
donread@grandsavingsbank.com
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| Phone No.: |
918-786-7419 |
| Description: |
Don's Pt. Lookout program is on a fourteen
year "man" from TN who went off to war with his father
and a brother to defend his homeland from an invading northern
army. He participated in over 40 skirmishes, was captured at
Spotsylvania and imprisoned in Pt. Lookout (twice) and Elmira. |
Louisiana
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| Author: |
Rickey Pittman |
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| Home City: |
Monroe, LA |
| E-mail: |
rickeyp@bayou.com |
| Phone No.: |
318-547-2906
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| Description: |
Rickey Pittman is a talented secondary school
teacher and university adjunct English instructor. He was the
grand prize winner of the 1998 Ernest Hemingway short story
competition. He has written many poems, including Cry Little
Artillery Man about the baby of Jane Perkins, imprisoned in
Pt. Lookout. He is an accomplished musician and has recorded
his music and programs on CDs. He has also written several
stories and books on the Confederacy. You’ll receive
a great Pt. Lookout program from Rickey! A talented speaker,
musician and author who loves the South and tells her true
story! |
Maryland
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| Author: |
Patty Beil |
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| Home City: |
Annapolis, MD |
| E-mail: |
beilart@yahoo.com |
| Phone No.: |
410-280-2428
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| Description: |
Patty's program is about her book she authored
entitled Lady Rebel, The Story of Pvt. Jane Perkins, CSA,
who was a prisoner at Pt. Lookout and gave birth to Pt. Lookout's
youngest POW. |
Maryland
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| Name: |
Jim Dunbar |
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| Home City: |
LaPlata, MD |
| E-mail: |
conniejim@hotmail.com |
| Phone No.: |
301-934-1716 |
| Description: |
Jim is chairman of the Confederate
Memorial Park Committee, long time resident of Maryland,
has been a member of the Pt. Lookout POW Descendants Org.
for many years, as well as a Lee's Miserable POW re-enactor.
Among these topics, his focus presentation would be Confederate
Memorial Park.
Click Here for a Newspaper article featuring Jim in CMP! |
Maryland
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| Name: |
Clarence Woods |
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| Home City: |
Severn, MD |
| E-mail: |
wdwkr38@aol.com |
| Phone No.: |
410-551-7509 |
| Description: |
Clarence has been a member of
the Pt. Lookout POW Descendants Org. for many years, as well
as a Lee's Miserable POW reenactor. Clarence's program would
include his ancestors' stay at Pt. Lookout and what it's
like to reenact him each year in the living history pen area.
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Mississippi
/ Upper
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| Name: |
Harold Rounds |
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| Home City: |
Somerville, TN |
| E-mail: |
halrounds@earthlink.net |
| Phone No.: |
901-465-3558 |
| Description: |
Speaker Hal Rounds is the grandson of a lecturer,
himself! George C. Tanner was nineteen years old and in Cobb's
SC Cavalry. He spent 4 yrs. in service of the Confederacy and
would give lectures after the war about his escape from Pt.
Lookout and Ft. DE. Now you can hear this program from his
grandson!
In addition to this, Hal has drafted a booklet on why the South seceded
and he has copyrighted a T-shirt featuring the Rebel's Creed that he sells. |
Oklahoma
/ North East
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| Author: |
Donald W. Read |
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| Home City: |
Grove, OK |
| E-mail: |
donread@grandsavingsbank.com
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| Phone No.: |
918-786-7419 |
| Description: |
Don's Pt. Lookout program is on a fourteen
year "man" from TN who went off to war with his father
and a brother to defend his homeland from an invading northern
army. He participated in over 40 skirmishes, was captured at
Spotsylvania and imprisoned in Pt. Lookout (twice) and Elmira. |
South
Carolina
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| Name: |
Jan Stewart |
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| Home City: |
Huger, SC |
| E-mail: |
ladycannoner@hotmail.com |
| Phone No.: |
843-336-4713 |
| Description: |
Included in Jan's program is about
Pvt. Henry Jackson Edenfield who was with the 64th GA Inf.
He was captured near Petersburg, VA. Pvt. Edenfield died while
imprisoned in Pt. Lookout. Even though we have proof that he
died while imprisoned in Pt. Lookout, the federal government
did not record his name as having died there with his name
inscribed on the plaques of the monument in the Pt. Lookout
Cemetery! One of many missing names! |
Tennessee
/ Middle / West
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| Name: |
Harold Rounds |
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| Home City: |
Somerville, TN |
| E-mail: |
halrounds@earthlink.net |
| Phone No.: |
901-465-3558 |
| Description: |
Speaker Hal Rounds is the grandson of a lecturer,
himself! George C. Tanner was nineteen years old and in Cobb's
SC Cavalry. He spent 4 yrs. in service of the Confederacy and
would give lectures after the war about his escape from Pt.
Lookout and Ft. DE. Now you can hear this program from his
grandson!
In addition to this, Hal has drafted a booklet on why the South seceded
and he has copyrighted a T-shirt featuring the Rebel's Creed that he sells. |
Tennessee
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| Name: |
Charles Mitchell |
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| Home City: |
Tullahoma, TN |
| E-mail: |
fop053@charter.net |
| Phone No.: |
931- 461-1089 |
| Description: |
Charles' program is on his great grandfather,
Charles Mitchell who was with the 11th NC Inf. Co. D. |
Eastern
Tennessee / Southwest Virginia
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| Name: |
Stephen Schneider |
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| Home City: |
Bluff City, TN |
| E-mail: |
stephen_c_schneider@hotmail.com |
| Phone No.: |
423-391-0566 |
| Description: |
Stephen starts his presentation with a brief history of his
2nd great grandfather, Ota Hopkins Campbell's military career,
up to the point of being wounded at Gettysburg and captured
shortly after the battle. The focus of the presentation is
on the lesser known prisoners of Point Lookout (i.e. - women,
children and black prisoners) and touches on "The Immortal
600". Stephen ends with the release of his 2nd great grandfather
and his being paroled at Appomattox. |
Texas
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| Name: |
James W. Benton |
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| Home City: |
Winnsboro, TX |
| E-mail: |
jzbenton@hotmail.com |
| Phone No.: |
903-629-7235 |
| Description: |
James' program is on Lt. Peter
Goodwin Benton who was with the 11th MO Inf. After leaving
Pt. Lookout, he went on to be one of the Immortal 600. Lt.
Benton was in several POW camps, as well as a federal hospital
where he was fed horsemeat. After the war, Lt. Benton always
took his Confederate uniform with him, for fear that he would
die and be buried in a blue suit. Among his papers discovered
after his death, was a senate bill proving that he was entitled
to "reparations" from the fed. government, due
to inhumane prison treatment!
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Virginia
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| Name: |
Fred Taylor |
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| Home City: |
, VA |
| E-mail: |
fdtaylor@cox.net |
| Phone No.: |
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| Description: |
Fred Taylor knows the history of Point Lookout,
having been with us since just before his 13th birthday! He’s
also a member of our Lee’s Miserables POW Reenactors,
as well as an accomplished guitarist. He has documented 15
NC ancestors who were POWs in Pt. Lookout. One was a Corporal
and 3 were Sergeants. They ranged in age from just 14 to 37
years old. One of them perished as a POW and is buried at Pt.
Lookout. Fred’s program will bring to life the conditions
of the pen and those who were there! Fred is majoring in law,
so if you want the U. S. government's politics (H.R. #97) behind
POW exchange, this is also a very interesting topic! |
Virginia
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| Name: |
Michael Virts |
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| Home City: |
Fredericksburg, VA |
| E-mail: |
michael.virts@fta.dot.gov |
| Phone No.: |
202-366-0814 |
| Description: |
Michael can present his Point
Lookout program in the attire of a mid-19th Century Southern
planter. He has done extensive research on what was done
to the prisoners at Point Lookout and is also most knowledgeable
on the endangerment to Southern Heritage today. Michael is
also an excellent singer of traditional songs of the South.
He is in the process of putting together a slide presentation
on Point Lookout.
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Virginia
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| Name: |
Bob Harrison |
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| Home City: |
Virginia Beach, VA |
| E-mail: |
blckrbl@aol.com |
| Phone No.: |
757-425-5119 |
| Description: |
Bob does our program on Dick Poplar, who
was a black man imprisoned and refused to take the Oath of
Allegiance in Point Lookout.
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Virginia
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| Name: |
Richard B. Abell |
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| Home City: |
Alexandria, VA |
| E-mail: |
richard_bender_abell@yahoo.com |
| Phone No.: |
703-780-4934 |
| Description: |
Richard's program is about the book he authored
entitled Sojourns of a Patriot: The Field & Prison
Papers of An Unreconstructed Confederate. The book is
centered on Cpl. Augustus Pitt Adamson, 30th GA Vol. Inf.,
Pt. Lookout POW. |
Virginia
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| Name: |
Gary Walker |
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| Home City: |
Roanoke, VA |
| E-mail: |
walkersbooks@wmconnect.com |
| Phone No.: |
540-427-1154 |
| Description: |
Gary's program is on the novel he authored, Son
of the South, Pt. Lookout POW, Joe Fowler. The Old South
of blushing belles, brave beaus, faithful slaves and hard
working masters comes alive. Follow Pvt. Joe Fowler as he
serves the CSA, including his stay in Pt. Lookout POW Camp.
This program is sure to please those who love Southern values,
personal courage, a good story and history. |
Virginia
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| Name: |
Russell Darden |
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| Home City: |
Courtland, VA |
| E-mail: |
r.e.darden@juno.com
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| Phone No.: |
757-653-2508 |
| Description: |
Russell’s program includes
an audio tape of Cpl. Julius F. Howell, POW of Point Lookout.
He also has a slide program on Point Lookout. |
Wisconsin
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| Name: |
Stephen Lambert |
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| Home City: |
Viroqua, WI |
| E-mail: |
rebelyel@mwt.net |
| Phone No.: |
608-637-7169 |
| Description: |
Stephen's program includes the imprisonment
of Pvt. Gordon Repass who was originally with the Home Guard,
but soon mustered into service with the 1st VA Inf. He was
in his forties and had a family of six children. He was captured
at Saylers Creek, where he fought alongside one of his sons.
He died while imprisoned in Pt. Lookout. His nephew, John
P. Sharitz was also imprisoned here and it was he who wrote
the letter back home of his uncle's death. While Pvt. Gordon
had been away fighting for his homeland, the yankees entered
his home town and burned/looted his and his neighbors homes/barns
and their church.
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