Escape from Libby Prison - Hardcover

Gindlesperger, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0942597915 ISBN 13: 9780942597912

Publisher: White Mane Pub, 1996

Synopsis

A fictionalized account of the escape of 109 Union officers from Libby Prison during the American Civil War

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Mere words could never grasp completely the prison's conditions, the mental states of the prisoners, or what they went through to make their escape. We can only imagine the despair the unfortunate ones felt who were recaptured, knowing that not only were they going back into the prison they had worked so hard to escape, but that they also would probably be treated worse than before for having fled. Of the 109 who escaped from Libby Prison on February 9, 1864, 48 were successful in reaching Union lines. Few of those who made their way out through the tunnel did so without being bitten by the rats in Rat Hell. The prisoners who were unable to get out through the tunnel would report that they were told the next day by several guards that the guards had seen the men exiting through the gate but didn't bother them. They assumed it was their own men sneaking out after stealing items from the prisoners' packages!

About the Author:

James Gindlesperger is a Chemical Engineer for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: White Mane Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0942597915
• ISBN 13: 9780942597912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254