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Line 39: On February 9, 1864, after ten months of incarceration, Streight and 107 other soldiers escaped from Libby Prison by tunnelling from their barracks to freedom.<ref name=Eicher515/> Eventually, Streight was able to cross through enemy territory and, on his return, gave a debriefing report to his Union commanders. Eventually Streight was restored to active duty being placed in command of the [[Horn Brigade\|1st Brigade]], 3rd Division, [[IV Corps (ACW)\|IV Corps]]. He participated in the battles of [[Battle of Franklin\|Franklin]] and [[Battle of Nashville\|Nashville]]. Streight resigned from the army on March 16, 1865.<ref name=Eicher515/> On January 13, 1866, [[President of the United States\|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] nominated Streight for appointment to the grade of [[Brevet (military)\|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)\|brigadier general]] of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.<ref>Eicher, 2001, p. 758.</ref> ==Postbellum career== [[File:Portrait of Lovina McCarthy Streight by Julia Cox (1880).jpg\|thumb\|Portrait of Lovina McCarthy Streight by Julia Cox (1880)]] ~~Streight resigned his command and left the army in March 1865, having achieved the rank of [[Brevet (military)\|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)\|brigadier general]].~~ In 1866, heStreight and his wife built a house on 4121 East [[Washington Street (Indianapolis)\|Washington Street]] in Indianapolis.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2014/03/21/indiana-womens-history-trail/6711737/\|title=Ground-Breaking sites for women in Indianapolis\|last=Rudavsky\|first=Shari\|date=March 21, 2014\|website=IndyStar\|access-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref> In 1876, Streight ran successfully for a seat in the Indiana Senate, serving a two year term. In 1880, he ran unsuccessfully as the [[United States Republican Party\|Republican]] candidate for [[List of Governors of Indiana\|governor of Indiana]]. In 1888, he was once again elected as State Senator. He died in Indianapolis four years later, in 1892, from complications of Bright's Disease.<ref name=":0">Lovina Streight Research Files 1861-2003 at the Indiana Historical Society. Processed by Kate Scott, May 2014. Collection # M 1099. See biographical sketch.</ref> Although initially buried on the front lawn of his residence, his grave was eventually moved in 1902 to [[Crown Hill Cemetery]]. The grave includes a bronze bust of the general.<ref name=":0" /> Streight was the author of ''The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-one in the Government of the United States'', published in 1861.<ref name=Eicher515/>

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