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LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND. VA.
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LIBBY PRISON
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BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL RICHMOND, VA. SERIES.
No. 12. LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND, VA.
In this famous building, which formerly stood on the
corner of 20th & Cary Sts., thousands of Federal Officers
were imprisoned during the war. On one occasion 19
successfully effected their escape by tunnelling under its walls.
Was dismantled in 1893, re-erected in Chicago for exhibit-
ion purposes during the World's Fair and is now there.
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