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.
Life on the Civil War Research Trail is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and preserve Civil War portrait photography at militaryimagesmagazine.com and shopmilitaryimages.com.
The program is recorded in Streamyard and produced in Canva. Images for this series are sourced from private collectors who have contributed to Military Images magazine, public collections in the Library of Congress, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Archives, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many other repositories. For questions about sources, please contact militaryimages@gmail.com.
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Four Union POW’s Broke Out of a Train in Virginia. Here’s What Happened.
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
15,941 views
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.
Life on the Civil War Research Trail is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and preserve Civil War portrait photography at militaryimagesmagazine.com and shopmilitaryimages.com.
The program is recorded in Streamyard and produced in Canva. Images for this series are sourced from private collectors who have contributed to Military Images magazine, public collections in the Library of Congress, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Archives, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many other repositories. For questions about sources, please contact militaryimages@gmail.com.
This channel is a member of the YouTube Partner Program. Your interest, support, and engagement is key, and I'm grateful for it. Thank you!