From the Richmond Sentinel, 2/11/1864

Stampede of Prisoners. - One hundred and nine Yankee officers made their escape from the Libby prison on Tuesday night, and seventeen of the prisoners confined in Castle Thunder levanted from that institution on Monday night. Captain Hayward's cavalry left the city on yesterday, in pursuit of them. It is hardly probable that many of them will succeed in getting off entirely.

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