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Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison
- Title
- Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison / Joseph Wheelan.
- Author
- Wheelan, Joseph.
- Publication
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Escaped prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century
- Prisoners of war > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century
- United States > Army > Officers > History > 19th century
- Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- Tunnels > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century
- Libby Prison
- Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century
- Prisoner-of-war escapes > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- IKI10-2542
- ISBN
- 9781586487164 (alk. paper)
- 1586487167 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009035738
- OCLC
- 298186461
- Author
- Wheelan, Joseph.
- Title
- Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison / Joseph Wheelan.
- Imprint
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- IKI10-2542