The most incredible prison escape of the Civil War / W. Fred Conway.
1991
E616.O35 C66 1991x (Mapit)
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Title
The most incredible prison escape of the Civil War / W. Fred Conway.
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Alternate Title
Tunnel escape of Union prisoners from the Confederate Libby Prison.
ISBN
0925165042
Publication Details
New Albany, IN : FBH Publishers, c1991.
Language
English
Description
119 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
E616.O35 C66 1991x
Summary
Describes how Captain Thomas Hines mastermined an escape which put himself, Morgan, and five others into a tunnel to freedom. The appendix contains a first person account of the Libby Prison tunnel escape.
Note
Includes appendix: The tunnel escape of Union prisoners from the Confederate Libby Prison, by Lt. James M. Wells, one of the escapees.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117) and index.
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Series
True adventure stories from the Civil War
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