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Sgt. Maj. Meekins, 36th USCI

Meekins belonged to the 36th U.S. Colored Infantry, posted as guards at Point Lookout Prison.

John Brown’s Body

The 36th U.S. Colored Infantry sang this song as they walked out of Point Lookout to go to the front in 1864.

Intro- Civil War Prisons

Words from a POW

“To those who have never suffered in this respect it is almost impossible to describe the sensation…large, stout men lay in their tents at night and cry like little babies.”

Sgt. James T. Wells, 2nd SC Inf.

Point Lookout Prisoner

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