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305: The Libby Prison Escape w/ Robert Watson - A True Crime History Podcast
305: The Libby Prison Escape w/ Robert Watson - A True Crime History Podcast
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Award-winning author and historian Robert Watson is my guest this week. He talks about the Confederacy's notorious Libby Prison, located in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. Resourceful Union officers, held captive under extraordinarily brutal conditions, managed to pull off a daring prison break in February of 1864. The manhunt that followed would be one of the largest in American history.
His book is called "Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break".
More about the author and his work at his website: http://robertwatson.net/
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His book is called "Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break".
More about the author and his work at his website: http://robertwatson.net/
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Released:
Aug 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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