34 records matched your query       

Author:

Wheelan, Joseph.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PublicAffairs,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Libby Prison.
Prisoner-of-war escapes--Richmond--Richmond--History--19th century.
Tunnels--Richmond--Richmond--History--19th century.
Prisoners of war--Richmond--Richmond--History--19th century.
Prisoners of war--History--19th century.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
Escaped prisoners of war--History--19th century.
United States--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1586487167 (alk. paper)
9781586487164 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)298186461

LCCN:

2009035738

Locations:

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)