This is an interesting story about how a group of Union prisoners at Libby Prison, who were marked for execution in retaliation for the deaths of three other men were ransomed by the exchange of a general who had been captured by some Pensylvania soldiers...another interesting light on what it meant to be a POW... http://208.242.114.247/11-PA-Cav/articles/fh_lee.htm Sue morgana@ghg.net