Four Union POW’s Broke Out of a Train in Virginia. Here’s What Happened.
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Four Union officers captured at the battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania were en route to a prisoner of war camp when they concocted a plan to break out of the box car in which they were held. One of the men, Capt. Delos Phillips of the 17th Michigan Infantry, told their story.
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