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Libby Prison

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Libby Prison in Richmond, Va., a Confederate prison for captured Union officers in the American Civil War. It was previously a tobacco warehouse. Living conditions were extremely bad; the food, sometimes lacking altogether, was poor and sanitation practically nonexistent. Thousands died there. Except for Andersonville Prison, Ga., Libby Prison was the most notorious in the Confederacy.

Bibliography: See F. A. Bartleson, Letters from Libby Prison (ed. by M. W. Peelle, 1956).

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