Civil War: Point Lookout, Maryland

Joel H Scates Confederate Service Record

Joel enlisted in Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry sometime in 1862, at age 17. He served until a few weeks before the end of the war, being captured at Five Forks. In this battle the Confederates ran out of ammunition, ending up in hand to hand combat, using their rifles as clubs. Joel was captured and sent to Point Lookout, where he died of measles 3 weeks later, 15 days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, 12 days after the disbandment and parole of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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Point Lookout, Maryland - 1863

Prison camp for Confederate prisoners.

Abram Fackler and his nephew Joel Scates were captured at Five Forks. Both were prisoners at Point Lookout. Joel died of measles 24 April 1865, while Abram took the oath and was released a couple months later.

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