Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Richmond
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Civil War
History
Libby Prison
Military Prisons
Richmond
Richmond (Va.)
United States
Virginia
Title
Plan of the tunnel and vicinity [of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.].
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Subject Headings
-  Libby Prison.
-  Military prisons--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Virginia--Richmond
-  Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  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.
-  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.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  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
Digital Id
gvhs01 vhs00026 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00026


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