Near Scotland in St. Mary's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery

Brass Tablet on the Face of the Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Fuchs, March 31, 2007

1. Brass Tablet on the Face of the Monument

Inscription. Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors who died at Point Lookout, Md., while prisoners of war and were there buried to the number of 3384, but whose remains were subsequently removed, either to their respective homes, or to this cemetery where the individual graves cannot now be identified.

Erected 1911.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the National Cemeteries series list.

Location. 38° 4.406′ N, 76° 20.543′ W. Marker is near Scotland, Maryland, in St. Mary's County. It is at the intersection of Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) and St. Michaels Manor Way, on the right when traveling south on Point Lookout Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Scotland MD 20687, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

in the

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Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Maryland and the Confederacy (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Maryland, My Maryland Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sgt. Bartlett Yancey Malone (about 400 feet away); The Maryland Flagpole / Point Lookout Cemetery Trustees (about 400 feet away); Capt. L. R. Peyton (about 400 feet away); Concrete Fence Posts (about 400 feet away); Pvt. A.J. Cone, Co. I 18th Georgia Infantry (about 400 feet away); How Yankee Guards Fared at Pt. Lookout (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scotland.

More about this marker.

United States and Maryland Monuments image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Fuchs, March 31, 2007

2. United States and Maryland Monuments

Maryland's Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery Maryland Marker can be seen in the distance.

Brass tablets at the lower portion of the obelisk and on the base list the names of the dead.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2007, by Tom Fuchs of Greenbelt, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,461 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2007, by Tom Fuchs of Greenbelt, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.