Libby Prison and Beyond: A Union Staff Officer in the East, 1862-1865

xvi, 214 pp. "Paints a vivid picture of nine months of life in a Civil War prison, through diaries and letters of a Union prisoner at the peak of the converted warehouse's overcrowding. Letters and entries describe daily struggles prisoners endured, simple pleasures they created, and the escape of 109 officers through a tunnel. Includes b&w historical illustrations and photos. The author is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Civil War Historians."