My G Uncle on my father’s side, fighting with the 3rd NC Regiment was taken POW on the 3rd day of fighting at Gettysburg and send to Point Lookout, where he died in captivity in December 1863. His name is enscribed on the huge memorial for Confederate dead.
My wife’s G-g-Grandfather was from Wilson County, NC. He was in the 55th NC Infantry. He was captured at Gettysburg, died at Fort Delaware, and he lies in a mass grave at Point Finn in NJ. His name on the Confederate monument there.
My g-g-grandfather survived Point Lookout. He was exchanged at City Point in Feb. 1865.