Civil War Original Period Items

CIVIL War Union Colonel CDV Photograph Possibly Thomas E. Rose

CIVIL War Union Colonel CDV Photograph Possibly Thomas E. Rose
CIVIL War Union Colonel CDV Photograph Possibly Thomas E. Rose

CIVIL War Union Colonel CDV Photograph Possibly Thomas E. Rose

We are offering a CDV photograph of a Civil War colonel who was possibly Thomas E. Rose of the 77th Pennsylvania. Rose was captured by the Confederates in 1863 and brought to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. The colonel's plan was to dig a tunnel from the cellar of the prison to a vacant lot beside a nearby tobacco warehouse.

He organized nightly digging teams and they eventually broke through the ground's surface. 109 prisoners escaped, but 49 were recaptured including Col. Rose who remained in the prison until April 30, 1864.


CIVIL War Union Colonel CDV Photograph Possibly Thomas E. Rose