Belle Isle is a 54 acre island in the city of Richmond, Virginia on the James River, and is part of the James River Park System. It is accessible to pedestrian and bicycle traffic via a suspension foo
People on the rocks of Belle Isle
Major Thomas P. Turner (in the foreground,) commandant of Belle Isle and Libby Prison, inspects the neighbourhoods
Unidentified prisoner of war from Belle Isle.
Illustration of U.S. prisoners at Belle Isle (Harper's Weekly, May 21, 1864)
Libby Prison
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Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby S
Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia)
…sight. Squirrels, other small mammals, amphibians and reptiles also inhabit the island. Some sections of trails are a part of the East Coast Greenway. Libby Prison "Belle Isle". National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009…
1865 photograph of Libby Prison
Bracelets carved from beef bones in Libby Prison
Depiction by David Gilmour Blythe, 1863
"LIBBY LIFE" by Lieut. Col. Federico Fernández Cavada