The Resource Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison, Joseph Wheelan
Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison, Joseph Wheelan
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The item Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison, Joseph Wheelan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war." In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- The Confederate capital
- The POW archipelago
- Inside Libby Prison
- The defiant colonel
- Misery and retaliation
- Miss Van Lew's spy ring
- The warrior schoolteacher
- Test of faith
- General Butler's raid
- The ordeal of tunnel four
- Escape
- Flight
- Fallout
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780786746279
- Label
- Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison
- Title
- Libby Prison breakout
- Title remainder
- the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Wheelan
- Subject
-
- 1800 - 1899
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Libby Prison
- Libby Prison
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tunnels
- Tunnels -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers | History -- 19th century
- Virginia -- Richmond
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war." In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wheelan, Joseph
- Dewey number
- 973.7/72
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E612.L6
- LC item number
- W48 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Libby Prison
- United States
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Tunnels
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war
- United States
- Richmond (Va.)
- Libby Prison
- United States
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoners of war
- Tunnels
- United States
- Virginia
- Label
- Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison, Joseph Wheelan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Confederate capital -- The POW archipelago -- Inside Libby Prison -- The defiant colonel -- Misery and retaliation -- Miss Van Lew's spy ring -- The warrior schoolteacher -- Test of faith -- General Butler's raid -- The ordeal of tunnel four -- Escape -- Flight -- Fallout -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 659860022
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780786746279
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 48fbf114-7057-4b75-8587-1a50c2e85668
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)659860022
- Label
- Libby Prison breakout : the daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison, Joseph Wheelan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Confederate capital -- The POW archipelago -- Inside Libby Prison -- The defiant colonel -- Misery and retaliation -- Miss Van Lew's spy ring -- The warrior schoolteacher -- Test of faith -- General Butler's raid -- The ordeal of tunnel four -- Escape -- Flight -- Fallout -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 659860022
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780786746279
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 48fbf114-7057-4b75-8587-1a50c2e85668
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)659860022
Subject
- 1800 - 1899
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Libby Prison
- Libby Prison
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tunnels
- Tunnels -- Virginia | Richmond -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers | History -- 19th century
- Virginia -- Richmond
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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