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Information about prison escapes in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

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1864-02-20, Richmond Sentinel; details on status of escaped Yankees from Libby Prison
1864-02-22, Richmond Whig; one of the Libby Prison tunnel escapees was caught and re-committed to the prison
1864-02-23, Richmond Sentinel; more escapees from prison across street from Castle Thunder
1864-02-23, Richmond Whig; another jailbreak from the prison opposite Castle Thunder - 22 escape, 16 recaptured. Says several hundred deserters are held there, and gives a great physical description
1864-02-24, Franklin Repository; "The Libby Jail Delivery"
1864-03-06, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 1087-1090; Report on sanitary conditions at Belle Isle
1864-03-17, Richmond Whig; seventeen escaped prisoners from Danville and Andersonville are recaptured and taken to Libby
1864-03-21, Richmond Whig; four Yankees escape from Mayo's factory and are recaptured
1864-04-04, Richmond Whig; man in the city jail fakes small pox in order to be taken to Howard's Grove, thinking it would be easier to escape from there, but is found out and taken back to jail
1864-04-18, Richmond Sentinel; testimony about spies in Libby Prison from escaped officer

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