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Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison / by Wheelan, Joseph.(CARDINAL)299653;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- The Confederate capital -- The POW archipelago -- Inside Libby Prison -- The defiant colonel -- Misery and retaliation -- Miss Van Lew's spy ring -- The warrior schoolteacher -- Test of faith -- General Butler's raid -- The ordeal of tunnel four -- Escape -- Flight -- Fallout -- Epilogue.In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death were the only ways out. Libby Prison Breakout recounts the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through the heart of the enemy homeland, amid an all-out Rebel manhunt. The officers' later testimony in Washington spurred two far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives.--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Libby Prison.; United States. Army; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Tunnels; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; Escaped prisoners of war;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Guerrilla warfare, and life in Libby Prison, ed. by Melvin Lee Steadman, Jr. by Forsythe, John William,1844-1896.; Steadman, Melvin Lee,1932-(CARDINAL)220914;
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Libby Prison.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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A prisoner of war in Virginia 1864-65 / by Putnam, George Haven,1844-1930.(CARDINAL)191984;
Subjects: Libby Prison.; Danville, Va. Military prison.; Old State Library Collection.;
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Escape! : the story of the Confederacy's infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's largest jail break / by Watson, Robert P.,1962-author.(CARDINAL)296126;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: The Tunnel -- War. "The Great Unpleasantness" ; Libby & Son ; "What Is to Be Done with the Prisoners?" ; To War -- Prison. "The Castle of Despair" ; Captured ; "All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here" ; The Libby Lyceum -- Tunnel. "The Underground Road to Liberty" ; "Rat Hell" ; Close Calls ; The Evil Turners -- Escape. Desperation ; "Godspeed!" ; Exodus ; Manhunt -- Freedom. "Kill Cavalry" ; The Fall of Richmond ; Liberation! ; Museum and Memory -- Appendix: Col. Bartleson's Poem."Robert P. Watson provides the definitive account of the Confederacy's infamous Libby Prison, site of the Civil War's largest prison break. Libby Prison housed Union officers, high-profile foes of the Confederacy, and political prisoners. Watson captures the wretched conditions, cruel guards, and the story of the daring prison break, called 'the most remarkable in American history.'"--
Subjects: Libby Prison; Prisoner-of-war escapes;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Sketch of Major Henry Washington Sawyer, First Regiment, Cavalry, New Jersey Volunteers; a Union soldier and prisoner of war in Libby Prison under the sentence of death. / by Godfrey, Carlos E.(Carlos Emmor)(CARDINAL)209805;
Subjects: Biographies.; Sawyer, Henry W. (Henry Washington), 1829-1893.; Libby Prison.; United States. Army. New Jersey Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865); Old State Library Collection.;
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Libby life : experiences of a prisoner of war in Richmond, Va., 1863-64 / by Fernández Cavada, Federico,1831-1871,author.(DLC)n 84238152 ;
Subjects: Fernández Cavada, Federico, 1831-1871.; Libby Prison.; Prisoners of war;
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Dark days of the rebellion : life in southern military prisons / by Booth, B. F.(Benjamin F.),1837?-; Meyer, Steve,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references (page 261).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Booth, B. F. (Benjamin F.), 1837?-; Libby Prison.; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Escaping a POW camp / by Summers, Jacque,author.(CARDINAL)803521;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Fast facts -- The HMS Jersey -- Libby Prison -- Davao Prison -- Thai Bai camp.Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from prisoner of war camps. From the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, these soldiers who were captured behind enemy lines had to use their courage and wits to escape.830LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Escaped prisoners of war; Prisoner-of-war camps;
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Civil War breakout / by Brown, W. N.,author.(CARDINAL)315591; Teitelbaum, Michael,editor.(CARDINAL)345828;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108).Captured by the Confederate Army in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A.G. Hamilton are sent to infamous Libby Prison, where they resolve to escape tortuous conditions.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Libby Prison; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Prisoners of war; Escapes;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Eighteen months a prisoner under the Rebel flag, a condensed pen-picture of Belle Isle, Danville, Andersonville, Charleston, Florence and Libby prisons from actual experience. by Boggs, S. S.(Samuel S.);
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