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Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy’s Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War’s Largest Jail Break

by Robert Watson

Robert P. Watson provides the definitive account of the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison, site of the Civil War’s largest prison break. Libby Prison housed Union officers, high-profile foes of the Confederacy, and political prisoners. Watson captures the wretched conditions, cruel guards, and the story of the daring prison break, called “the most remarkab

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781538138229