April 1, 2017: #SaturdayScene

Libby Prison (Source: Collectors Weekly)

The following #SaturdayScene is excerpted from SCARRED: A Civil War Novel of Redemption.

Richmond, Virginia, 1864: After having been captured, shot, noosed, and nearly hung, Zach arrives at the notorious Libby Prison. 

The sign over the entrance read: “THOMAS LIBBY & SON— SHIP CHANDLERS AND GROCERS.”

This was the notorious Libby Prison.

Zach and sixteen other prisoners entered the prison office, where several clerks recorded names, ranks, and regiments...