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Libby Prison

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Corydon P. Pierce collection

 Collection — Folder: S1062
Identifier: S1062
Scope and Contents This collection comprises two letters and a hand-drawn map (all of which are laminated) from Corydon P. Pierce in Tennessee in 1863 and Angie Glazier in Crown Point, Indiana, regarding Pierce's service in the Union Army and imprisonment in Libby Prison.The first letter was from Corydon P. Pierce to his wife, Sarah Pierce on March 17, 1863, while camped near LaGrange, Tennessee, describing how he assisted Benjamin Case in digging up his brother Hiram's corpse, and transporting the...
Dates: 1863, undated

Edward S. Scott journal

 Collection — Folder: S1154
Identifier: S1154
Scope and Contents The collection includes a signed, typed transcript of Edward S. Scott’s journal, dated February 9-18, 1864, describing his attempted escape from Libby Prison in Richmond Virginia through the Yankee tunnel with over 100 other prisoners of war.
Dates: 1864

John M. Flinn papers

 Collection — Folder: S2569
Identifier: S2569
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondnece and papers from John M. Flinn in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1861 to 1876, regarding his military service during the U.S. Civil War. There is also one letter to Margaret Flinn dated December 28, 1876.Item Listing:1861, Aug. 2 Discharge Papers, Indianapolis1862, June 25 ALS, John Flinn to Margaret and Zora Flinn, Alabama1862, July 27 ALS, John Flinn to Margaret and Zora Flinn, Stevenson,...
Dates: 1861-1876

Robert H. Scott collection

 Collection — Folder: S1157
Identifier: S1157
Scope and Contents This collection includes six copied pages, including his pension papers, newspaper clippings, and military tintype portrait, ranging from 1861 to 1912, regarding Robert H. Scott’s Civil War service record and his burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Dates: 1861-1912