Softcover. Newprt VT, Tony O'Connor Civil War Enterprises, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in stapled wrappers, 60 pages, b&w illustrations. Second Edition. Originally published in 1891 this is a modern reprint. 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. Clean copy.