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LIBBY PRISON

\lˈɪbi pɹˈɪzən], \lˈɪbi pɹˈɪzən], \l_ˈɪ_b_i p_ɹ_ˈɪ_z_ə_n]\

Definitions of LIBBY PRISON

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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A large building in Richmond, Va., named for its owner, who used it as a ship-chandlery before the Civil War. During the war it became famous as a Confederate military prison, in which many Federal soldiers were confined.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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