Thomas Bennett Letter, 1865 - Patrick Co., VA Letter of Thomas Bennett (1815-1896) to his brother in Point Lookout, Maryland, POW Camp Rockcastle, VA July 1st, 1865 Mr. Howard Bennett Prisoner of War, Co. K - 10th Division in the Care of Major Bradley - Point Lookout Maryland RockCastle, Patrick Co., VA February 1st, 1865 Dear Brother, After my love to you this will let you know that I am well and sincerely hope these times may find you enjoying the same blessing. We received your letter of the 28th of November last and was very happy indeed to hear from you tho connetion are all well. Was glad to hear that both boys was all well you ----- write often to let us know how you are getting on as you know we are always anxious to hear from you. Give my love to all the boys, hope that you may all return safe before long. Well I will close for this time. The family all join in sending much love to you. I have only hired one able Negro man this year. ----- for the present Your Brother T.F. Bennett (submitter note: Howard Bennett, a private in the 21st Virginia Cavalry, was captured on 12 Nov 1864, by the 2nd Cavalry Division, Department of West Virginia, at Nineveh, Virginia. He arrived at Point Lookout, Maryland on 18 Nov 1864, as a Prisoner of War. According to the letter, he wrote home on the 28 Nov 1864 to notify his family of his whereabouts. He was paroled at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred for exchange in early 1865. The Paroled Prisoners (2,051 in the group) were received at Coxes Landing, James River, Virginia on Feb 14-15, 1865 by Lt. Col. John E. Mulford, U.S. Asst. Aget. for Exchange of Prisoners. On 18 Feb 1865, he appearson a Muster Roll of a detachment of paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee, near Richmond, VA. The above letter was written on 1 Feb 1865, however, not mailed until 1 Jul 1865. Since Howard was no longer at Point Lookout, Maryland, the letter was retained by the Postal Service. It is on file with the National Archives, Washington, D.C.) Submitted by Jay E. Bennett Houston, Texas **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************