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SUB CW. You're going to do. Oh, Hey everyone. Thanks for tuning into episode 455 of our Civil War podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Welcome to the show.

As you guys will recall, with the last episode we talked about the experiences of

P.O. W.s during the Civil War.

And we mentioned that with this show we'd be looking at the mass escape from Libby prison in Richmond

that took place in February 1864. So here we go. Our story begins on the last day of September 1863 when about 100 federal officers who two weeks

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