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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wheelan, Joseph
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Libby Prison.
United States. > Army > Officers > History > 19th century.
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.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Libby Prison Breakout : The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison
Format: Electronic eBook
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.