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Escape: The Forgotten Story of the Largest Prison Break of the Civil War - Virtual Program - Zoom

Program Type:

Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

**Program Different than Advertised in Newsletter**

Presented by Historian, Author, Professor and Political Commentator Robert Watson

Libby Prison was a wretched facility, located along the famed "Tobacco Row" in Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. It's notorious reputation was well earned, it housed the highest-ranking Union officers and treated them abysmally. The prison was used for propaganda purposes by the Confederacy. Learn how a large group of men managed the most remarkable and largest prison break in American history.

Please Note:  Registration is required to receive Zoom log-in information. Information will be sent within 24 hours of program beginning via e-mail.  If you have any questions, please call the library at 631-421-4530 or 631-421-4535.