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and all our best generals to edit the newspapers

personal reminiscences are transcribed directly from letters and diaries

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The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure (Douglas Miller - CH) building a bronze statueby Douglas Miller The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure tells the story of the largest prison breakout in U. S. history. It took place during the Civil War, when more than 1,200 Yankee officers were jammed into Libby, a special prison considered escape proof, in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. A small group of men, obsessed with escape, mapped out an elaborate plan and one cold and clear night, 109 men dug their way