Paschal Hawkins Dacus
Residence Dawson County GA;
Enlisted on 5/10/1862 as a Private.
On 5/10/1862 he mustered into "L" Co. GA 38th Infantry
He died on 3/10/1865 at Point Lookout, MD
He was listed as:
* POW 9/19/1864 Winchester, VA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Also in the 38th Georgia were James Dacus, James A. Daucs, John Dacus,, and William R. Dacus
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Paschal H. Dacus, Private (New) Company N (Chestatee Artillery), 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry*, recruited March 15, 1862 at Camp Bartow/Forsyth County by Captain Bomar, paid $50 bounty, enlisted May 10, 1862 at Atlanta by Lt. Hendrix for 3 years, employed on extra duty as a Laborer June 1863 building a bridge across the Ashepoo River, captured September 22, 1864, at Fisher's Hill, Virginia, sent to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp via Harper's Ferry, Virginia arriving October 3, 1864, died in prison hospital of Measles, March 10, 1864, buried in Prisoner of War Grave Yard
* This company was designated at various times as (Old) Company H and (New) Company G, Wright Legion, Georgia Volunteers, Captain Bomar's Company (Chestatee Artillery) Georgia Volunteers, and Company L and (New) Company N, 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry
M266; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
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38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson. The 38th was assigned to Lawton's, John B. Gordon's, and C.A. Evans' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. The unit lost 54 killed and 118 wounded at Gaines' Mill, sixty-two percent of the 123 at Sharpsburg. In the fight at Fredericksburg there were 10 killed and 91 wounded, and of the 341 at Gettysburg, more than thirty-five percent were disabled. It surrendered with 112, of which 73 were armed. The field officers were Colonels George W. Lee, James D. Matthews, and Augustus R. Wright; Lieutenant Colonels Philip E. Devant and Lewis J. Parr; and Majors Thomas H. Bomar and John Y. Flowers.
Predecessor unit:
Chestatee Light Artillery was organized during the spring of 1863. Attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, it served at Battery Bee near Charleston. On May 5, 1864, the company was ordered to join the 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment serving in the Army of Northern Virginia. Captain Thomas H. Bomar was in command.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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The following tale would be similar to that of Paschal:
J. B. Travwick was captured at Fisher’s Gap, near Strasburg. After some delay at Winchester, Harper’s Ferry and Baltimore, I was carried by steamer to Point Lookout , Maryland, arriving there on October 3. On entering prison we were divested of everything except personal wear and blankets. Not long after our arrival an inspection was held, and in every case where prisoners had more that one blanket, unless concealed, they were all taken except one to each man, and then those who did nt have any were supplied with blankets that had been taken from their fellow-prisoners. Barefooted prisoners were supplied with shoes, and a scant quantity of clothing were give to the most destitute.
The tents were mostly bell or round-shaped. They had been refused for use in the Federal army and generally leaked. The rations as to quality were, as a rule, good. Pork two out of three days, the third day beef, but occasionally the ribs of beef were round, which showed that it was mule-beer. Hungrey prisoners ate it all the same. The bread was served in pound loaves daily, one loaf to be divided between two prisoners-it was short weight. A pint cup of soup went with each loaf of bread. Two day’s rations were issued on Saturday, and so small was the quantity that men frequently ate all given at one time.
The ration for a day was about sufficient for a well man one meal. It was said by the prison authorities to be one-half ration a day. The pork was very fat, and always boiled. The prisoners never got the lard that came out of the port, and it was commonly reported that the provost marshal and other officers there relized a vast amount from the sale of this grease to soap-makers and lard-refiners. The water used by the prisoners was mineral, giving the sharpest of appetites with so little to eat. Our sufffering from hunger was indescribable.
I have heard men pray to be made sick that the appetite might be taken away. The prisoners being so poorly clad, and the Point so much exposed to cold, it caused them great suffering. Every intensly cold night from four to seven prisoners would freeze to death. Almost no wood was furnished. About a cord of green pine to one thousand men for five days. It was mockery.
I was paroled and left Point Lookout February 18, 1865. While free from any special sickeness, I was reduced sixty-five pounds in weight, purely for want of sufficient food. (Southern Historical Society Papers [SHSP] Vol. 18, 1890, pp. 431-435) , Rev. J. B. Travwick)
See also:
Descendants of Point Lookout POW Organization at: http://www.plpow.com/
http://www.plpow.com/POWDead_A-E.htm#D
http://www.civil-war.net/38thGA/
http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit89.htm
http://www.colquitt.k12.ga.us/gspurloc/Cobbslegion/gasca/units/38th_gvi.htm