The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure (Douglas Miller - CH) building Marrs on rising from slave

Marrs on rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky

Speak softly and carry a big stick…so we can play “Fetch”

--Brian Croasmun

and virtue in his vision

battling in torrential rain along the fieldworks at distances often less than the length of a rifle barrel

The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure (Douglas Miller - CH) building Marrs on rising from slaveby Douglas Miller The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure tells the story of the largest prison breakout in U. S. history. It took place during the Civil War, when more than 1,200 Yankee officers were jammed into Libby, a special prison considered escape proof, in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. A small group of men, obsessed with escape, mapped out an elaborate plan and one cold and clear night, 109 men dug their way