Libby Prison Breakout

Joseph Wheelan's *Libby Prison Breakout* unearths the untold story of the Civil War's most important prison escape, a pivotal event that escalated total war tactics. From Richmond's notorious Libby Prison, where 1,200 Union officers endured starvation and squalor, 109 desperate men undertook a daring 55-foot tunnel escape into a brutal winter and relentless Rebel manhunt. Their subsequent testimony in Washington spurred far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Confederate captives, forever altering the treatment of prisoners of war.

Archival Categorization Notes

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