After Breaking Out of Libby Prison, Union POWs Followed the North Star
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After Col. Harrison Hobart of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry climbed out of a 70-foot tunnel from Libby Prison into the streets of Richmond, he had to get through the city's defenses and make his way to Union lines and freedom. Here's what happened.
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