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Map Plan of the tunnel and vicinity [of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.].

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Title

  • Plan of the tunnel and vicinity [of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.].

Summary

  • Map of an escape tunnel from Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., showing surrounding sites including other prisons, warehouses, the canal and dock closest to Libby, and the railroad depot.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Headings

  • -  Libby Prison
  • -  Military prisons--Virginia--Richmond--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Richmond

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  Robert Knox Sneden scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 5, p. 311).

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14 x 10 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the tunnel and vicinity of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. 1863. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00026/.

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Sneden, R. K. (1863) Plan of the tunnel and vicinity of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00026/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the tunnel and vicinity of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. 1863. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00026/>.