Title: Prisoners Escaping From Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia Description: Union prisoners escaping from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, April 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign and near the close of the war embrace Union cavalry troopers arriving outside the city; 12,913 (out of 45,000) Union prisoners of war died from starvation, brutality (mostly from predators within their own ranks), disease and neglect; Category: American Civil War Keywords: American Civil War, Confederate prisons, Federal prisoners of war, horses, Libby Prison, POWs, Union cavalry, Union troopers, Union prisoners of war, War Against the South: War Between the States, War for the South, War for the Southern Confederacy, War for the Union, War of the Rebellion. Orientation: Panorama Dimensions: 2100 x 1037 (2.18 MPixels) (2.03) Print Size: 17.8 x 8.8 cm; 7.0 x 3.5 inches File Size: 6.26 MB (6,562,136 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000375511 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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