Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison /

While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wheelan, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Libby Prison.
United States. > Army > Officers > History > 19th century.
Libby Prison
United States. > Army
1800 - 1899
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.
Escaped prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century.
Évasions de prisonniers de guerre > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tunnels > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prisonniers de guerre > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prisonniers de guerre évadés > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > Officers
Escaped prisoners of war
Prisoner-of-war escapes
Prisoners of war
Tunnels
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
United States
Virginia > Richmond
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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