00:00They scraped through the wall, creating a tunnel.
00:03And they did this through the night to avoid the prison guards.
00:06At one point, one of them was caught,
00:09but he convinced them that he was just stealing food from the cellar.
00:12After months of tunneling, they finally surfaced 60 feet away,
00:17and over 100 men escaped through the narrow shaft.
00:20Two drowned as they attempted to cross the river.
00:23Another 48 were recaptured, but 59 men made it across Union lines.
00:29Finally reclaiming their freedom.
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