The History of Norfolk County, Virginia mentions that S. W. Gary of the 3rd Virginia Infantry was captured on 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg, and while in a Federal prison he subsisted for "84 days on cornmeal and pickles." Gary is presumably Samuel W. Gary, a Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company A of the 3rd Virginia, who was reported exchanged on 21 October 1864. Can anyone advise where he was held during his captivity? That diet sounded familiar; it was also mentioned by R. H. Adams Jr. of Alabama, who spent time at Johnson's Island, Point Lookout and Hilton Head. Adams wrote that he ate "cornmeal and pickles for 40 days and nights."