Point Lookout is the name of a state park in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It is a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. Captain John Smith first explored the Point in 1612. Leonard Calvert used the Point for his personal manor in 1634. During the American Revolution, and again in the War of 1812, it was subject to British raids. In 1862 during the American Civil War it was made into a Union prisoner of war camp. Of the 50,000 men held at the Point between 1863 and 1865, nearly 4,000 died, although this was less than half the death rate had they not been captured. Today it is a Maryland State Park and retains an original light house built in 1830, a fishing pier, boat launch facilities, public beaches and facilities, overnight camping, Civil War historical remains, and ghosts. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Saint Marys County is a county located in the state of Maryland. ... Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. ... Upper part of the Potomac River The Potomac River flows into Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ... John Smith is often regarded as the most common personal name in the United Kingdom and in some other English-speaking countries, with John being the most common First Name in the U.K. and Smith being the most common Surname. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Leonard Calvert (1606 - 1647) was the younger son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Before the Revolution: The 13 colonies are in red, the pink area was claimed by Great Britain after the French and Indian War, and the orange region was claimed by Spain. ... The War of 1812 was a conflict fought in North America between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... Prisoner of War camps Contents // Categories: Substubs | Prisons and detention centres ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Point Lookout State Park (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html)
• PLSP history (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/ptlookouthistory.html)