Our escape: Or, ten days from my journal by Edward S. Scott
| Description: |
This collection is a typed transcript of Edward S. Scott’s journal from February 9-18, 1864. It describes his attempted escape from Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia through the Yankee tunnel with over 100 other prisoners of war. |
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| Origin: | 1864-02 |
| Created By: |
Scott, Edward Scofield, 1842-1929 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll31/id/2288 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State Library Manuscripts Small Collections |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
No Copyright – United States |
| Geography: |
Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Subjects: |
Diaries Personal narratives Scott, Edward Scofield, 1842-1929 Military life Prisoners of war Soldiers United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons Libby Prison Escapes Prisons |
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