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From: "Alice J. Gayley" <>
Subject: Re: CIVIL-WAR-D Digest V98 #430
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 16:29:03 -0500


> I read that only officers were held in Libby Prison? Is that true?
> A relative who was a private with Co H 120 IL Infantry was supposedly
> there.
>
> Mary Jo

Mary Jo,

That's correct, only commissioned and non-commissioned officers were
held in Libby Prison. However, at times, enlisted men en route to other
CSA prisons were held there for brief periods of time.

Alice J. Gayley

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