Editing Libby Prison (section)

==In popular culture==
* A [[Melodrama|melodramatic]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}  Broadway play about the escape entitled ''A Fair Rebel'',<ref>"Open Theatre Doors: ''A Fair Rebel'' Tonight. With Its Great Libby Prison Escape Scene", ''Boston Daily Globe'', Aug. 9, 1890, pg. 26.</ref><ref>"''A Fair Rebel'' at The Park" (review), ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', April 5, 1891, pg. 12.</ref><ref>"Amusements. ''A Fair Rebel'' (review), ''New York Times'', August 5, 1891, pg. 4.</ref> by Harry P. Mawson, premiered in New York City in August 1891. In 1914, a 3-reel silent film version was released starring [[Linda Arvidson]], Charles Perley, and [[Dorothy Gish]], and directed by [[Frank Powell]].
*The western film ''[[Virginia City (film)|Virginia City]]'' (1940), stars [[Errol Flynn]], [[Alan Hale Sr.]], and [[Guinn "Big Boy" Williams]] as officers who escape from Libby Prison after causing an explosion.

*In ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961), Union soldiers Cyrus Harding ([[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]]), Herbert Brown ([[Michael Callan]]), and Neb (Dan Jackson), along with Union war correspondent Gideon Spillet ([[Gary Merrill]]) and Confederate sergeant Pencroft ([[Percy Herbert (actor)|Percy Herbert]]) escape from Libby Prison via an observation balloon.

* Episode 25 titled "Escape" of the [[anthology]] tv series ''[[The Great Adventure (American TV series)|The Great Adventure]]'' (1964) shows a dramatization of the planning and escaping from Libby Prison.

*In the television miniseries ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'' (1986), General George Hazard ([[James Read]]) is taken prisoner and sent to Libby Prison, then under temporary command of Captain Turner ([[Wayne Newton]]). He is rescued by his best friend, General Orry Main ([[Patrick Swayze]]), and Main's cousin, Confederate officer Charles Main ([[Lewis Smith (actor)|Lewis Smith]]).

*The escape is in the television series ''History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman '' season 2 episode 7 (2024).