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Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. By 1863, one thousand prisoners were crowded into large open rooms on two floors, with open, barred windows leaving them exposed to weather and temperature extremes.

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"Libby Prison" "Libby Prison" encyclopediavirginia.org/Libby_Prison - Web

"Guide to Civil War Prisons" (2004) "Guide to Civil War Prisons" (2004) tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/prisons.htm - Web

Leslie Korenko, Kelleys Island 1862-1865 - The Civ... Leslie Korenko, Kelleys Island 1862-1865 - The Civil War, the Island Soldiers & the Island Queen www.KelleysIslandStory.com - Web

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John Bray, "Escape from Libby Prison" John Bray, "Escape from Libby Prison" civilwarsources.blogspot.com/.../john-brays-account-of-his-escape-from.html - Web

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