Union cavalry recovering escaped Union prisoners of war, Virginia, February 1864, artist's impression, detail

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Union cavalry recovering escaped Union prisoners of war, Virginia, February 1864, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 14, 2014.

Depicted ContentIn Richmond, 109 Union officers prisoners tunnel out of confinement and make for the Union lines

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Escaped refugees from the Libby Prison

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, March 5, 1864, p. 145.

Source note

Cropped from the wider scene, also available here.

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