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Author Wheelan, Joseph.

Title Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison / Joseph Wheelan.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.772 WHE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  973.772 WHEELAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Libby Prison.
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Tunnels -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Prisoners of war -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States. Army -- Officers -- History -- 19th century.
Escaped prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
ISBN 9781586487164 alkaline paper
1586487167 alkaline paper
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