After the American Civil War, the battlemented façade of Libby Prison was moved to Chicago, where it became part of the Chicago Coliseum. Most of the battlement was pounded to pieces during the Battle of Chicago.
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| - After the American Civil War, the battlemented façade of Libby Prison was moved to Chicago, where it became part of the Chicago Coliseum. Most of the battlement was pounded to pieces during the Battle of Chicago.
- Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. By 1863, one thousand prisoners were crowded into large open rooms on two floors, with open, barred windows leaving them exposed to weather and temperature extremes.
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| - Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. By 1863, one thousand prisoners were crowded into large open rooms on two floors, with open, barred windows leaving them exposed to weather and temperature extremes. The building was built before the war as a food warehouse. The structure was moved to Chicago in 1889 to serve as a war museum. It was dismantled in 1899, with its pieces sold as souvenirs.
- After the American Civil War, the battlemented façade of Libby Prison was moved to Chicago, where it became part of the Chicago Coliseum. Most of the battlement was pounded to pieces during the Battle of Chicago.
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