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02418aam a2200325 i 4500 001 D8F0B3F4E03511EE90C8BC2A24ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240312010034 008 230912t20232023fluafh g b 001 0deng d 020 $a 9798988024408 035 $a (OCoLC)1396943355 040 $a IFK $b eng $e rda $c IFK $d SILO 082 04 $a 973.7/71 $2 23 100 1 $a Procko, Steve, $e author. 245 10 $a Captured freedom : $b the thrilling true story of POWs escaping the grasp of the rebels / $c Steve Procko. 264 1 $a Ocala, FL : $b There's History Around Every Bend, $c 2023. 300 $a 332 pages, plates : $b illustrations, facsimiles ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 0 $a Captured Freedom is the epic true story of nine Union prisoners-of-war who escaped from a Confederate Prison known as Camp Sorghum in Columbia, South Carolina in November 1864. They scrambled north on foot in rags that had once been uniforms of blue. Traveling in brutal winter conditions more than 300 miles with search parties and bloodhounds hot on their trail. On the difficult journey they relied on the help of enslaved men and women, as well as Southerners who sympathized with the North, before finally reaching Union lines on New Years Day 1865. After arriving in Knoxville, Tennessee, and checking in with Union authorities, one of the men had a wonderful idea. The nine officers and their three mountain guides found a local photographer, hoping to commemorate what they had accomplished by posing together for a photograph. The instant, frozen in time, showed twelve ragged men with determination strong on their faces. It was a Civil War selfie. A moment that Captured Freedom. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Prisoner-of-war escapes $z Richmond $z Richmond $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Tunnels $z Richmond $z Richmond $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Richmond $z Richmond $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Escaped prisoners of war $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Prisoners and prisons. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Prisoners and prisons. 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045411.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D8F0B3F4E03511EE90C8BC2A24ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IFKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search