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Libby Prison Breakout

By Joseph Wheelan

Libby Prison Breakout

By Joseph Wheelan

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During the winter of 1863-1864, 1,200 Union officers lived in squalor and semi-starvation in Richmond's Libby Prison, known as "The Bastille of the South." On February 9, 109 of those officers wriggled through a fifty-five-foot tunnel to freedom. After an all-out Rebel manhunt, survivors reached Washington, and their testimony spurred far-reaching investigations into the treatment of Union prisoners. Libby Prison Breakout tells the largely unknown story of the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war."
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2011-04-05
Publication Date:
2011-04-01
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1586489089
ISBN13:
9781586489083
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
524 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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