Civil War POWs & Libby Prison

Robert P. Watson, Lynn University

Dr. Robert P. Watson was a visiting Scholar at Andersonville National Historic Site in August 2022.

Abstract

Lynn University Professor Robert Watson discussed the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, site of the largest jail break of the Civil War. The Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia, hosted this event.

Note: This speech appeared on C-SPAN as part of The Civil War and American History TV series.