Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does not look very comfy, indeed. You captured it well. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jan 20, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Barney Quinn wrote: > > Civil War Enlisted Men's Quarters, Fort Marcy, Point Lookout, Maryland. > Point Lookout is where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay. During > the Civil War it was home to a Union Hospital, A prison for captured > confederate soldiers, and a camp for freed slaves. The collective > suffering there must have been horrendous. Somedays I can almost feel it > in the air. > > This is where the enlisted men who guarded the confederate prison were > housed. Over a hundred men lived in this room. Don't be fooled by what > look like what we would think of as bunk beds along the walls. They are > sleeping shelves. People slept three to a shelf. That makes nine to the > unit. It must be that people were far less fastidious about their sleeping > arrangements than we are today. I snore like a Newfoundland Hound. I would > have beed real popular. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Enlisted_Barracks_001.jpg.html > > Comments and criticisms welcome! > > Barney > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >