For Libby Prison POWs, 70 Feet to Freedom
New for October 2026
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10m
Colonel Harrison C. Hobart of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga and sent to Libby Prison. With prisoner exchanges stopped, Hobart worked with his comrades to tunnel out of Libby. Here's how it happened.
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