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
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
Libby Prison escape
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The Libby Prison escape was a prison escape from Libby Prison, a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, in February 1864 that saw over 100 Union prisoners-of-war escape from captivity. It was one o
Libby Prison
…published a description of "the Libby" from a purported prisoner diary entry. The next year, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Captain I.N. Johnston, who escaped from Libby Prison, attempted to corroborate the article. (He testified that "...an African slave...did all in his power to restore us to freedom and home." He wrote…
Illustration of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry covering the escape of Federal prisoners from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia (February 1864)
Libby Prison close-up